By Hamilton Nwosa(Head, The New Diplomat’s Business and Data tracking desk)
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC) has reported 49 new cases of the novel Covid-19, bringing the nation’s tally 542.
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.
Read NCDC full tweets 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
More details soon…