Nigeria has confirmed 49 new cases of the novel coronavirus also known as COVID-19.
Confirming the cases on its official Twitter handle, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC stated that 23 of the cases are in Lagos, 12 in FCT, 10 in Kano, two in Ogun, one in Oyo and one in Ekiti.
With the latest addition, the number of confirmed cases has hit 542 in the country with 166 discharged and 19 deaths. There are 19 states plus FCT with confirmed cases in Nigeria.
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 EkitiAs at 10:40 pm 18th April there are 542 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.
Discharged: 166
Deaths: 19#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/W63s32Iuj7— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 18, 2020
Source: VON
