The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed forty-nine new cases of the coronavirus.
NCDC twitted on handle:
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