BREAKING: Nigeria’s COVID-19 toll hits 542 with two more deaths

At least, forty-nine new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) have been recorded in Nigeria as of today, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, in a tweet on Saturday evening.

With this, Nigeria now has 542 confirmed cases in the country with two deaths.

“Forty-nine new cases of #COVID19 have been reported; 23 in Lagos, 12 in FCT, 10 in Kano. 2 in Ogun1 in Oyo. 1 in Ekiti. As at 10:40 pm 18th April there are 542 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Discharged: 166, deaths: 19,” it said.

Forty-nine new cases of #COVID19 have been reported;

23 in Lagos
12 in FCT
10 in Kano
2 in Ogun
1 in Oyo
1 in Ekiti

As at 10:40 pm 18th April there are 542 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.

Discharged: 166
Deaths: 19#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/W63s32Iuj7

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 18, 2020

Meanwhile over 340 Americans left Nigeria for the United States on Saturday amid the coronavirus pandemic.

According to the US Mission in Nigeria, the evacuees left through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on a chartered Omni Air International flight which was bound for Dulles Airport, near Washington, DC.

The Mission said it prioritised those with underlying health conditions and those on short visits to Nigeria before the closure of airports. Although closed to international flights, the Federal Government permits countries to evacuate their nationals using the airports.