Chidi Samuel| The menace posed by the dreaded and highly contagious coronavirus continued on the upward trajectory as Nigeria recorded thirty-five new cases on Thursday.
With the development, the country has now recorded 442 confirmed cases of the COVID-19.
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Contro which made the disclosure via its official twitter handle, said the new infections occured in Lagos, FCT, Kano and Oyo.
The tweet read, ”thirty-five new cases of #COVID19 have been reported as follows:
19 in Lagos
9 in FCT
5 in Kano
2 in Oyo
As at 10:20 pm 16th April, there are 442 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 152 have been discharged with 13 deaths.”
Meanwhile, the son of the late playwright and Ogoni activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, Menegian, has died from complications of COVID-19.
Noo Saro-Wiwa, his sister, made public the news of his brother’s death via an Instagram post on Thursday.
According to the post, Menegian who had underlying health conditions, died on Monday after testing positive for coronavirus.
The post read, “We said goodbye to my brother, Gian, on Monday. He had Covid-19 combined with underlying health conditions. Gian was the smartest and most talented out of all of us: a champion sprinter at school, a poet, an artist, budding engineer, a self-taught guitarist and pianist. But mental health issues limited his life from age 16 onwards.”
“I took this photo of him a few months ago before he was hospitalised. We were singing Hysteria by Def Leppard, a song we both love. Although the side-effects of medication altered his athletic physique, this photo still captures Gian’s essence: a kind and beautiful soul, always wanting the best for his family, always praying for our future success while being eternally optimistic about his own. And, of course, always loving his music. He leaves a wonderful son, Louis. (Menegian Saro-Wiwa, 1970-2020)”
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