Nigeria now has 542 cases of Coronavirus.
The figures rose from 493 on Friday to 542 on Saturday as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 49 new cases.
Two deaths were also recorded, bringing the number of deaths to 19.
Meanwhile, Lagos remained the epicentre of the disease in the country, accounting for 23 out of the 49 cases.
The NCDC, announcing the new cases on its Twitter handle on Saturday night said: “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
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“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 and Anambra- 1.”
Nigeria, on Friday lost the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari to COVID-19, making him the first prominent individual in the country to succumb to the disease.
He was buried on Saturday according to Islamic rites.
