Nigeria has recorded its first Coronavirus Death since the outbreak .According to a Nigeria local Newspaper , the sunnewsonline, the former MD of PPMC Suleiman Achimug Achimugu died of the diseases last night at approximately 2am. Mr Achimugu is reported to have arrived Nigeria from the UK two weeks ago, and on Tuesday last week started showing symptoms of the disease .He was reported to be coughing and with other symptoms of coronavirus , including high temperature . Test conducted showed he was positive to Coronavirus.
Mr Achimugu was rushed to the hospital at Gwagwalada, FCT and died at 2 am Monday morning.His family are currently under quarantine in their house.Mr Achimugu is said to have underlying medical conditions- multiple myeloma and diabetes and was undergoing chemotherapy.
On Monday,23rd March the NCDC announced that Nigeria now had a total number of 36 confirmed cases of Coronavirus. However, many analyst think this figure maybe more considering the fact that Nigeria has poor healthcare system and may not be able to accurately track sickness and death records.
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