NCDC Confirms 51 new cases

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 51 new coronavirus cases in the country, bring the number of infected persons to 493.

According to NCDC in a tweet on Friday evening reports that 159 have been discharged with 17 deaths.

Fifty-one new cases of #COVID19 have been reported;

32 in Lagos
6 in Kano
5 in Kwara
2 in FCT
2 in Oyo
2 in Katsina
1 in Ogun
1 in Ekiti

As at 10:10 pm 17th April there are 493 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.

Discharged: 159
Deaths: 17#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/PKWwUsJVBP

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 17, 2020