Nigeria’s COVID-19 Cases Rise to 541

• Nigeria’s COVID-19 Cases Rise to 541

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday said the number of confirmed cases in Nigeria rose by 48 from the 493 reported on Friday to 541 on Sunday.

The centre had initially reported 542 confirmed cases on Saturday night but quickly corrected the report on Sunday morning.

“Yesterday, we erroneously reported one new case in Ekiti. This was wrong and was caused by an error in the verification process,” the agent stated on its official Twitter handle @NCDCgov.

“Therefore, as at April 18 2020, there are 541 confirmed cases, 166 discharged and 19 deaths. Ekiti state has 3 confirmed cases, NOT 4.”

A break down of the NCDC report revealed Lagos now has 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- 3; Ondo- 3; Enugu- 2; Rivers-2; Niger- 2; Benue- 1 and Anambra- 1.