The confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Nigeria on Friday soared to 493 with 51 new confirmed cases of the disease.
According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) of the the 51 cases Lagos has 32, Kano 6, Oyo 2, katsina 2, FCT 2, Ekiti 1 and Ogun 1.
The agency said, ” Till date, 493 cases have been confirmed, 159 cases have been discharged and seventeen deaths have been recorded in Nigeria.”