Nigeria, June 21 -- Nigeria recorded more deaths linked to coronavirus last week than in the previous week, a PREMIUM TIMES' review of official data shows.

The 99 deaths reported between last Sunday and Saturday are a 34 per cent increase on the 65 recorded the week before.

The rate of recovery from the killer disease also dropped significantly last week compared with the previous week.

PREMIUM TIMES' analysis of data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) shows that 1077 patients recovered and were discharged last week, representing a 13 per cent reduction from the 1239 recorded in the previous week.

Increasing cases

The pandemic continues to spread in Nigeria with thousands of new cases recorded last week.

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