COVID-19 UPDATE: Nigeria Records 49 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Infections Now 542

 On Saturday Nigeria records 49 new cases of covid-19 in the country.

The NCDC tweeted on Saturday saying, 49 new cases were discovered of covid-19 in the country, saying 23 new cases were from Lagos state,  12 in FCT, 10 in Kano,  two in Ogun state and one each in Ekiti and Oyo.

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#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/W63s32Iuj7

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 18, 2020

  According to NCDC this is the report.