BREAKING: Nigeria’s Covid-19 death toll hits 19, as cases rise to 542

Total coronavirus deaths in Nigeria hit 19 on Saturday, as NCDC also confirmed 49 new cases.

This is as the number of infections recorded in the country rises to 542.

Disclosing this on Saturday night via Twitter, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said a total of 166 recoveries have been recorded so far.

“Forty-nine new cases of COVID-19 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 COVID-19 reported in Nigeria,” it said.

Discharged: 166
Deaths: 19