BREAKING: 49 new COVID-19 cases confirmed today, deaths rise to 19!

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has now confirmed 49 new COVID-19 cases in Nigeria.

Of the 49 cases, 23 were recorded in Lagos, 12 in FCT, 10 in Kano, 2 in Ogun and 1 each in Oyo and Ekiti states.

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


Confirmed Cases: 542

Discharged: 166

Deaths: 19

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#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/W63s32Iuj7

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 18, 2020

AS IT STANDS

As at 18th April, 2020

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

Confirmed Cases: 542

Discharged: 166

Deaths: 19#COVID19Nigeria pic.twitter.com/JMTmgRTfF9

— NigerianEye (@Nigerianey) April 18, 2020