COVID19: Nigeria cases jump to 493, 17 deaths

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says that fifty-one new cases of COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria as follows:

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

As at 10:10 pm 17th April, number of states with confirmed cases of COVID19 are 19, including the FCT—Abuja.

Lagos- 283
FCT- 69
Kano- 27
Osun- 20
Edo- 15
Oyo- 15
Ogun- 10
Kwara- 9
Katsina- 9
Bauchi- 6
Kaduna- 6
Akwa Ibom- 6
Delta- 4
Ondo- 3
Ekiti- 3
Enugu- 2
Rivers-2
Niger- 2
Benue- 1
Anambra- 1

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