Nigeria Records 49 Fresh of COVID-19 Cases, Total Infections Now 542

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday night, April 18, announced 49 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of Covid-19 cases to 542

The disease control agency on Saturday reported 49 cases in a tweet at exactly 10:40 pm, all the 49 cases were recorded in six states as follows: 23 cases in Lagos, 12 cases in FCT, 10 cases in Kano, 2 cases in Ogun, 1 in Oyo and 1 in Ekiti.

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

The novel coronavirus has now killed more than 1,000 people across Africa since the pandemic emerged late last year, according to an AFP tally using official figures.

Confirmed coronavirus cases in Africa is 20,036, Recovered: 4,654, Confirmed deaths: 1,022 as at 9:25pm GMT on April 18, 2020.

Algeria is the African country with the highest number of 367 Deaths, 2,534 Coronavirus Cases and 894 Recovered.  Followed by Egypt with 224 Death, 3,032 Coronavirus Cases and 701 Recovered. Morocco 137 death, 2,685 Coronavirus Cases and 314 Recovered.  And South Africa 52 death, 3,034 Coronavirus Cases and 903 Recovered according to the figures compiled late Saturday at 9:30pm GMT April 18

Africa has so far suffered less than other regions from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus — at least according to official numbers.

But limited testing in many countries has deprived African officials of a full picture of the disease’s spread.

The worldwide death toll has topped 159,747 people while more than 2,323,759 million infections have been declared.

April 18, 2020