Though the death toll was initially put at 16 on Sunday, by Monday it had risen to 80, with some dying after that.
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The Spokesman of the State Police Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the development to newsmen on Sunday.
The gas explosion, it was gathered, happened around 1 am on Friday – Christmas eve.
On Thursday, Christmas Eve, 192,081 new infections and 2,899 deaths with a confirmed coronavirus infection were recorded within one day, according to data from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore on Friday.
“Restrictions and inconveniences await us this year,’’ Francis said during his weekly audience, recalling the biblical hardships faced by St. Joseph and the Virgin Mary when Jesus was born.