Tag: Deaths
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Gombe declares cholera outbreak, records 10 deaths
Gombe State has declared an outbreak of cholera with no fewer than ten deaths already recorded across the state. The Gombe commissioner for health, Dr Habu Dahiru, stated this on Thursday in Gombe while addressing newsmen on the outbreak of the disease in the state.
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Yellow Fever: NCDC reports 14 deaths in 10 states
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has recorded 14 deaths in 10 states from suspected cases of yellow fever from January to July 2022. The NCDC made this known via its official website on Sunday. It listed the affected states as Abia -one, Bayelsa -one, Benue- one, Imo- one, Kaduna- one, Katsina…
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Monkeypox: NCDC confirms 157 cases, records four deaths
In the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) latest report for week 30, the agency has confirmed 157 cases of monkeypox across 26 states in the country with four deaths recorded. According to the agency from January 1 to July 31, 2022, four deaths were recorded from 4 states – Delta (1), Lagos (1), Ondo…
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U.S. surpasses 1m COVID-19 deaths
The U.S. on Wednesday surpassed one million COVID-19 deaths, according to data compiled by American broadcast television network, NBC News. The number – equivalent to the population of San Jose, California, the 10th largest city in the U.S. – was reached at stunning speed, 27 months after the country confirmed its first case of the…
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Deaths from 2021 building collapse in Nigeria tripled COVID-19 figures – BCPG
The National President, Building Collapse Prevention Guild (BCPG), Mr Eddy Atumonyogo, on Saturday said building collapse claimed more lives in 2021 than COVID-19 in three years in Nigeria. Atumonyogo said this at Falomo, Lagos, during a walk against building collapse organised by BCPG as part of activities to mark the 2022 Builders’ Day weeklong activities,…
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No new COVID-19 death in Nigeria – NCDC
Nigeria did not record a single COVID-19 death on Saturday. The country’s death toll to the pandemic still stands at 2,980. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) stated on Sunday, however, that the country recorded 54 new infections in seven states and the FCT on Saturday. The 54 new infections recorded on Saturday indicate…
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No reported case of deaths arising from Omicron variant yet – WHO
The World Health Organization on Friday said it had not seen any reports of deaths relating to the new Omicron variant of Covid-19.
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COVID-19: NCDC reports 120 additional infections, 3 deaths, as of Oct. 29, 2021
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has reported 120 additional infections of COVID-19 from 10 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with three related deaths as of Oct. 29, 2021. The NCDC disclosed this in its daily COVID-19 report on Saturday morning . The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports…
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COVID-19: NCDC reports 2 deaths, 290 additional infections Thursday
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) recorded two COVID-19 related deaths on Thursday, bringing the country’s fatality toll to 2,742. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Friday, morning. The centre also reported 290 additional infections were recorded in 14 states and the FCT. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), reports that…
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COVID-19: Nigeria records three new deaths, 477 cases in 24 hours
Nigeria has recorded three more deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic with 477 fresh cases in the last 24 hours.