The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported the first confirmed death from coronavirus in the country.
NCDC shared the news on their Twitter, revealing that the deceased was a 67-year-old man with underlying medical conditions of multiple myeloma and diabetes.
He recently returned from the UK where he was undergoing a medical procedure, the NCDC revealed.
The centre had earlier in the day confirmed 36 cases of coronavirus in Nigeria.
https://twitter.com/NCDCgov/status/1242025530070687750