Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases exceed 10,000 as 36-year-old doctor dies from virus complication

Chidi Samuel| Nigeria’s coronavirus cases on Sunday surged past the 10,000 mark with 307 new cases reported by the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC).

The rising number of the highly contagious virus has continued despite intensified efforts by authorities to flatten the curve of the pandemic.

In a Tweet on Sunday evening via its verified twitter handle, NCDC said the new cases takes the country’s infections to 10,162, out of which 3007 have been discharged with 287 losing their lives.

According to the health agency, the new infections were spread across 14 states and the FCT, with Lagos accounting for the highest number of infections for the day with 188 cases.

The tweet read, ”307 new cases of #COVID19;

Lagos-188
FCT-44
Ogun-19
Kaduna-14
Oyo-12
Bayelsa-9
Gombe-5
Kano-3
Delta-3
Imo-2
Rivers-2
Niger-2
Bauchi-2
Plateau-1
Kwara-1

10162 cases of #COVID19Nigeria.”
Discharged: 3007
Deaths: 287

-36-year-old doctor dies from COVID-19 complication in Jigawa

Meanwhile, a 36- year-old medical doctor, Nasir Adam has lost the fight to coronavirus related complications, the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Jigawa State announced on Sunday.

Adam died at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Birninkudu after battling with acute respiratory disease later discovered to be from the virus.

The NMA Chairman in Jigawa State, Nura Basirka confirmed this death, said Adam until his death was the medical officer in the department of internal medicine, FMC, Birin Kudu, Jigawa State.

Basirka said, “Until his death, Mr Adam was the Medical Officer in the Department of Internal Medicine, Federal Medical Centre, Birnin Kudu, Jigawa State.

Adam was born in Jos, Plateau State capital, in 1984. He attended primary and secondary school in Jos. He graduated from Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria in 2012. He did horsemanship in the Federal Medical Center.

Jigawa State had on on Saturday discharged 22 COVID-19 patients after recovery and testing negative twice for the virus.

The Commissioner of Health Dr Abba Zakari, who confirmed this to newsmen in Dutse, the state capital said the recovered patients have now been discharged from the isolation centre.