The Nigeria Center for Disease Control {NCDC} on Saturday night announced the highest number of confirmed cases in a single day to have contracted the deadly novel Coronavirus {COVID-19} with 49 news cases, the fourth day in a row with a significant steady increase in the number of those infected.
In a tweet on the NCDC official Twitter handle it reported the latest stats with 23 new cases in Lagos, 12 in the FCT, 10 in Kano, 2 in Ogun, and 1 each in Oyo and Ekiti State, with death cases recorded in Lagos.
This brings the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria to 542, those successfully discharged to 166 and casualties to 19.
See post below;
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
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