A 25-year-old student of Western Michigan University , Bassey Offiong, has reportedly died of Coronavirus on Saturday, March 28, after refusing test in the Kalamazoo area while living off-campus.
The student, who was from Detroit, was expected to graduate with a chemical engineering degree in a few weeks, The Detroit News reports.
It was gathered that the deceased’s sister identified as Asari Offiong said her brother told her he was turned down several times for the coronavirus test in the Kalamazoo area while living off-campus.
According to Asari, Bassey said he was turned down several times despite having fever, fatigue and shortness of breath.
She said: “I told him to ask them to test him. He said they refused to test him.”
Asari said one medical staffer told Bassey he had bronchitis. She said: “I know God has him in his presence. He loved God.”
Meanwhile, Newsflash247 had earlier reported that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Monday evening, March 30, had announced the confirmation of another 20 news cases of COVID-19, otherwise known as Coronavirus in the country.
NCDC made the announcement Monday evening on its official twitter account.
With the new 20 cases, Nigeria now has 131 confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease.
A tweet on the NCDC’s official Twitter handle, said nine of the new cases were recorded in Lagos State and five in Abuja.
“Twenty new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 13 in Lagos, 4 in FCT, 2 in Kaduna and 1 in Oyo State
“As at 09:00 pm 30th March there is 131 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria with 2 deaths”
