Forty-Nine New Cases Of COVID19 Confirmed In Nigeria

Forty-nine new cases of COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria, the Nigeria Centre for disease control revealed.



According to NCDC, 23 in Lagos, 12 in FCT, 10 in Kano, 2 in Ogun, 1 in Oyo and 1 in Ekiti.


As at 10:40 pm 18th April there are 542 confirmed cases of COVID19 reported in Nigeria.

See breakdown 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 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

As at 10:40 pm 18th April, number of states with confirmed cases of #COVID19: 19 + FCT

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

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 18, 2020