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Updated: January 19, 2021

Top Catholic Priest Dies Of COVID-19 In Benue

By Zaccheus Ukhueleigbe
January 19, 2021
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A Catholic Priest has died from COVID-19 complications at the Benue State Teaching Hospital.

The State Deputy Governor who doubles as the Chairman of the State's Action Committee on COVID-19, Benson Abounu, made this known while addressing newsmen in the state, Tuesday.

''In the last one week, we have recorded mortality at the Federal Medical Center in Makurdi, every day we recorded a mortality, including this morning. A Reverend Father passed on this morning," Abounu said.

“The other time, within five days we lost four prominent Benue people. so this variant is not one that anybody should joke with.

“As much as possible, avoid going into any gathering of any nature for now. It is only if it is a must. The best treatment for COVID19 is prevention,” he said.

Meanwhile, as at the time of filing this report, 112,004 cases have been confirmed, 89,939 cases have been discharged and 1,449 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

According to the NCDC, of the 1,617 new cases were reported from 18 states- Lagos (776), Kaduna (147) Kwara (131), FCT (102), Plateau (78), Edo (59), Ogun (53), Osun (45), Rivers (37), Taraba (36), Nasarawa (34), Adamawa (33), Kano (26), Delta (20), Ebonyi (16), Bayelsa (11), Gombe(11) and Borno (2).

Meanwhile, the latest numbers bring Lagos state total confirmed cases to 41,400, followed by Abuja (14,700), Plateau (6,831), Kaduna (6,325), Oyo (4,695), Rivers (4,429), Edo (3,320), Ogun (2,912), Kano (2,617), Delta (2,122), Ondo (2,070), Katsina (1,723), Kwara (1,697), Enugu (1,583), Gombe (1,500), Nasarawa (1,335), Ebonyi (1,275), Osun (1,260), Abia (1,134), and Bauchi (1,107).

Borno State has recorded 867 cases, Imo (857), Sokoto (677), Akwa Ibom (667), Benue (657), Bayelsa (619), Adamawa (573), Niger (547), Anambra (515), Ekiti (473), Jigawa (425), Taraba (294), Kebbi (251), Yobe (211), Cross River (169), Zamfara (162), while Kogi state has recorded 5 cases only.