The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday said people within the age of 31 to 40 were more susceptible to contracting the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria. The agency, however, said that more deaths have been recorded among older people of 60 years and above. In a report made available to the News Agency
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Thursday said people within the age of 31 to 40 were more susceptible to contracting the coronavirus in Nigeria.
In a report made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja, the NCDC said that data also showed that men were two times more likely to get the virus as shown in its latest demographic data on COVID-19 confirmed cases and deaths by gender and age in the country.“More males in that age category are confirmed cases but with lower mortality rate.
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