Nigeria has recorded forty-nine new and additional cases of the dreaded coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Igbere TV reports.
The latest figure appears to be the highest number of cases recorded in a day since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country.
Announcing the development on Twitter, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), said 23 cases were in Lagos, 12 in FCT, 10 in Kano, 2 in Ogun, Oyo and Ekito 1 each.
“As at 10:40 pm 18th April, there are 542 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria,” it said, placing discharged persons at 166 with 19 deaths.
This brings the total number of states with confirmed cases of COVID-19 at 19, plus the Federal Capital Territory.
Breakdown below;
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
