Breaking: Nigeria Confirms 49 New Covid-19 Cases, 19 Deaths

Forty nine new cases Of the coronavirus have been recorded in Nigeria.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC) disclosed this while giving daily updates on the number of cases on Twitter on Saturday.

The new cases have brought the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 542.

Amongst the new cases, 23 were recorded in Lagos, 12 in FCT, 10 in Kano, 2 in Ogun, 1 in Oyo and 1 in Ekiti.

While the number of discharged persons increased to 166, the centre said the country recorded two more deaths making a total of 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

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 18, 2020