Cases of coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria on Friday hit 493 as Ekiti State, six others and the Federal Capital Territory recorded fifty-one new cases.
This was announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via its verified Twitter handle, @ncdcgov.
The centre further said a total of 159 patients have been discharged while 17 deaths were recorded.
NCDC tweeted, ”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.”
It would be recalled that Ekiti discharged its two previous cases a week apart as the second patient left the isolation centre late last week.