coronavirus death toll

Oyo state has on Wednesday recorded its first Coronavirus-related death as total cases rise to 17.  Governor Seyi Makinde made the announcement on his Twitter handle at about 11:30 pm on Wednesday. He said that the deceased died at…

Borno State Government has on Wednesday announced a new death case from coronavirus outbreak. The Deputy Governor, Alhaji Umar Kadafur, who is also the Chairman of the State High Powered Committee on COVID-19, made this known while…

Ekiti State has on Wednesday recorded its first death from the Coronavirus pandemic. The deceased, a pregnant 29-year-old woman who is community health worker based in Lagos, was said to have sneaked into the state in spite of the…

Two new Coronavirus deaths have been recorded in Akwa Ibom and Borno states on Sunday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on its website. According to data from the NCDC, with the two new fatalities, 21…

Borno State has recorded its first death from the COVID-19 pandemic, SaharaReporters learnt. A source told the news platform that the Coronavirus patient is a retired anaesthetic nurse who died at the University of Maiduguri Teaching…

President Buhari Muhammadu has paid his tribute to his friend and former Chief of Staff, Mallam Abba Kyari who died on Friday from Coronavirus complications. The President in a heartfelt eulogy shared on his verified Twitter page…

Lagos State Government has on Saturday announced three more deaths from COVID-19. Commissioner for Health in the state, Akin Abayomi, made this known in a series of tweets while confirming 32 new Coronavirus cases earlier reported by the…

Abba Kyari, the former chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, whose death was announced on Saturday morning will be buried in Abuja today, PREMIUM TIMES reports. Kyari, who hails from Borno State, was pronounced dead on…

China has revised the death toll data in Wuhan, city where the coronavirus outbreak began, by 50 percent and admitting people died at home and cases were missed or not reported. This adjustment, detailed in a social media post by the…

Niger state government has lifted the suspension of Islamic Friday congregational prayer (Juma’at) for today Friday, 17th April, 2020. In a statement released on Friday morning, the state government said the Juma’at Prayer is…

Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi has on Thursday afternoon confirmed the death of three Coronavirus deaths in the state. He said this while confirming the discharge of 18 Coronavirus cases in state earlier…

Kano State has recorded its first death from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as infection rate in the state increases. In an early-morning tweet on Thursday, the State Ministry of Health confirmed an earlier tweet from the Nigeria…

Lagos State Government has announced the death of another Coronavirus patient, bringing the total number of COVID-19 related deaths in the state to seven. The state Ministry of Health made the announcement via a tweet on Wednesday…

Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) said it has placed four of its nurses in isolation after their contact with a patient who died from complications of COVID-19. In an interview with NAN, Tokunboh Fabamwo, chief medical…

Akin Abayomi, commissioner for health in Lagos state, has announced the death of another COVID-19 patient in the state. He made the announcement via Twitter on Saturday morning, adding that the patient died in a private facility. We…