Nigeria has recorded 49 new cases of coronavirus in six states.

This brings the total number of infections in the country to 542.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known via its Twitter handle on Saturday.

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