People with health challenges, including hypertension, diabetes, kidney disease, HIV, cancer, and tuberculosis, accounted for 70 per cent of COVID-19 deaths in Nigeria, it was learnt on Thursday.
People with health challenges, including hypertension, diabetes, kidney disease, HIV, cancer, and tuberculosis, accounted for 70 per cent of COVID -19 deaths in Nigeria, it was learnt on Thursday.
As of the time of this report, Nigeria have recorded 200 deaths in 25 states and the Federal Capital Territory from the deadly virus. He said: “The core morbidity of the fatalities we have had to Covid -19, 70 per cent of them have hypertension, or diabetes, and the rest were kidney disease, HIV, cancer, tuberculosis and other sundry challenge.
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