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Odii Stanley, a senior registrar in the department of anaesthesiology, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), has died of COVID-19 complications.

Stanley’s death was announced by the UCTH’s association of resident doctors.

“On behalf of the entire membership of ARD UCTH, I regret to bring to your notice the untimely demise of Dr Odii Stanley,” Egbe JJ said in a statement on behalf of the association.

“Until his death, he was a Senior Registrar in the Department of Anaesthesiology. We lost him yesterday morning to complications of COVID-19.

“May his gentle soul find eternal repose in Abraham’s bosom.”

Following concerns over a possible third wave of infections, the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) said states will reintroduce measures for curbing the spread of the virus.

The governors also said they will liaise with the federal government on ways to speed up the delivery of additional doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.

According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), 48 cases of infections were confirmed across seven states and the federal capital territory (FCT) while 12 people were discharged as of Wednesday.

The latest figure brings the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country to 168,915.

The country now has a total of 164,623 recoveries and has recorded 2,125 deaths.