Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Friday confirmed 51 new cases of coronavirus. With the latest report, Nigeria now has 493 confirmed cases in the country.

NCDC said the new cases were discovered in eight states across the country.

Of the new cases there are 32 reported in Lagos, 6 in Kano, 5 in Kwara, 2 in FCT, 2 in Oyo, 2 in Katsina, 1 in Ogun, 1 in Ekiti,” NCDC said.

“As at 10:10 pm 17th April there are 493 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Discharged: 159, Deaths: 17”