Local doctors preliminarily attributed the deaths to ailments including asthma, diabetes and high blood pressure.
Health authorities said Wednesday they are investigating a fresh spike in deaths in northern Nigeria after a rise in fatalities in a neighbouring area was blamed on coronavirus.
But the state authorities dispatched a five-person medical team to investigate if the fatalities were linked to coronavirus. Abdullahi Umar Namadi, medical director at Hadejia general hospital, said most of the dead had passed away at home. Resident Adamu Danwawu, whose had a relative among the recent dead, said most of the fatalities were men “between the ages 60 and 80”. That demographic has been particularly vulnerable to COVID-19.
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