49 New COVID-19 cases have been reported in Nigeria, bringing total confirmed infection in the country to 542.
This was confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday night.
Lagos has the highest number of infection with 306 cases so far recorded in the state.
The number of those successfully treated and discharged nationwide is 166, with 19 deaths recorded so far.
In a tweet via its official handle, the NCDC said 23 cases were identified in Lagos, 12 in the FCT, 10 in Kano, two in Ogun and one each in Oyo and Ekiti.
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
