Nigeria, Aug. 24 -- The Ekiti State Commissioner for Health, Oyebanji Filani, has explained how two septuagenarians and a 45-year-old woman died of COVID-19 infection in the state.

The commissioner said the victims reported for treatment when it was already too late to treat them.

He said the three persons died in the last one week, as the infection figures have soared significantly in the same period.

The state recorded over 300 confirmed cases of the virus last week, forcing it to toughen its measures for the prevention of the disease across the state.

Ekiti State has 1,280 confirmed cases of the disease so far, with 15 deaths. It also has 263 persons on admission while 1002 persons have been discharged.

"Three persons have died of...