Nigeria confirms 49 new cases of COVID-19, Total now 542

The Nigeria center for disease control (NCDC) has announced the confirmation of
Forty-nine new cases of COVID-19.

NCDC made the announcement on it’s Twitter handle few minutes ago.

“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.” It said

Discharged: 166
Deaths: 19