JUST IN: Nigeria Records 49 New Cases As COVID-19 Toll Crosses 500 Mark
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced the confirmation of fourty-nine new cases of COVID-19 in the country.
The agency made the announcement in its daily situation report of COVID-19 on its official twitter page.
According to the agency, of the 49 fresh cases, 23 are detected in Lagos, 12 are in Abuja, 10 in Kano, 2 in Ogun, 1 In Oyo and Ekiti.
This brings the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 542, of which 166 have been discharged and 19 deaths recorded.
As at 10:40 pm 18th April, number of states with confirmed cases of #COVID19: 19 + FCT
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— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 18, 2020
