The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, on Saturday night, revealed 49 new cases of coronavirus confirmed in Nigeria.
This was disclosed in a tweet on the official Twitter page of the centre. The tweet read:
“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.
“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.”
