BREAKING: Nigeria records 49 fresh cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), see affected states

Nigeria has recorded 49 fresh cases of coronavirus in the State.

Onyxnews Nigeria reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made the announcement via the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Saturday night.

NCDC tweeted: “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,” it 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.

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Discharged: 166
Deaths: 19#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/W63s32Iuj7

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 18, 2020

This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 542

Lagos State has recorded three new coronavirus deaths, making the total number of death cases in the state, 13.

The State’s Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, made this known through his verified Twitter handle on Saturday.

Before the Commissioner for Health’s announcement, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control had revealed that one coronavirus patient died in Lagos on Friday.

The NCDC made this known without giving details of the victim.

However, this reliable online news platform understands that the Presidency had made the announcement early hours on Saturday that the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, died after some days he tested positive for the coronavirus.

Kyari, who has been buried at Gudu Cemetery in Abuja, was said to have died at a private hospital where he was receiving treatment for COVID-19 in Lagos.

Abayomi said the three patients, who died of the coronavirus-related complications, are two males and a female.

He also said that they are 52, 63 and 67 years old.