“The core morbidity of the fatalities we have had to COVID-19, 70% of them have hypertension or diabetes, and the rest were kidney disease, HIV, cancer, tuberculosis and other sundry challenges.”
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The Federal Government of Nigeria on Thursday disclosed that chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, tuberculosis, HIV, cancer and kidney disease are responsible for about 70 per cent of coronavirus deaths in Nigeria.
Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, who stated this during the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 also noted that 70 per cent of deaths were males, while the remaining 30% are females.
He added that most of the COVID-19 positive cases recorded so far in the country fall between the age of 29 and 49.
Ehanire said: “The core morbidity of the fatalities we have had to COVID-19, 70% of them have hypertension or diabetes, and the rest were kidney disease, HIV, cancer, tuberculosis and other sundry challenges.
“A finding from the analysis of the death patterns shows 70% to 30% for male and female around that ratio and about 70% fatalities were persons who are 60 years old while the majority of positives were between the ages of 29 and 49; those are the most active ages in life.”
As at Thursday night, Nigeria had recorded 6,677 confirmed cases of Coronavirus
A total of 1,840 cases have been confirmed and sadly 200 deaths have been recorded.
