In the latest update of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, Forty-nine new cases have been reported as of Saturday evening, April 18th by the National Centre for Disease Control.
In a new update on their Twitter page, the NCDC reports that there’s seventeen new cases in Lagos, Oyo, Kano, and FCT, Ekiti and Ogun.
Their tweet reads,
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 EkitiAs at 10:40 pm 18th April there are 542 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.
Discharged: 166
Deaths: 19
For a breakdown of cases by states-
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
