Nigeria has recorded new COVID-19 cases with the NCDC announcing 49 new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria.
Newsone Nigeria reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 49 new COVID-19 cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Friday evening, April 17.
This burgeoning online news platform understands that the NCDC noted that of the forty-nine coronavirus cases recorded on Friday evening, 23 were detected in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, 12 in FCT 10 in Kano 2 in Ogun 1 in Oyo 1 in Ekiti, southwest Nigeria.
The NCDC tweeted: “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,” the tweet added.
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#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/W63s32Iuj7— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 18, 2020
Meanwhile, Newsone Nigeria reports that the development means that Nigeria’s total confirmed cases of coronavirus have risen to five hundred and forty-two (542) with one hundred and sixty-six (166) people discharged and nineteen (19 ) deaths recorded so far.
