COVID-19: Nigeria Records 49 New Cases In Six States

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 49 new COVID-19 cases in the country, bringing total cases to 542.

This was disclosed this Saturday night via it verified Twitter account.

NCDC wrote,

Forty-nine new cases of #COVID19 have been reported;

23 in Lagos
12 in FCT
10 in Kano
2 in Ogun
1 in Oyo
1 in Ekiti

As at 10:40 pm 18th April there are 542 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.

Discharged: 166
Deaths: 19

Currently, the breakdown of cases by state;

Lagos- 306
FCT- 81
Kano- 37
Osun- 20
Oyo- 16
Edo- 15
Ogun- 12
Kwara- 9
Katsina- 9
Bauchi- 6
Kaduna- 6
Akwa Ibom- 6
Delta- 4
Ekiti- 4
Ondo- 3
Enugu- 2
Rivers-2
Niger- 2
Benue- 1
Anambra- 1