Nigeria, April 10 -- One person died from COVID-19 complications in Nigeria on Friday: the first death in over one week.

Before Friday's fatality was recorded, no death had been reported in the country in the previous seven consecutive days for the first time since Suleiman Achimugu became the first fatality on March 23, 2020.

The Friday death took the fatality toll in the country to 2,059.

This is according to an update published by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Friday night.

Nigeria is the country with the least death toll among the top six countries affected by COVID-19 in Africa - South Africa, Tunisia, Ethiopia, Morocco, and Egypt.

Health experts, however, believe the death toll is likely underreported due to poor te...