Nigeria has recorded the first death due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made the announcement on Monday in a tweet, saying the case was of a 67-year-old male who returned to Nigeria after a medical treatment in the UK.
He had underlying medical conditions including multiple myeloma and diabetes and was undergoing chemotherapy.
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