221 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded in Nigeria on Friday September 18, as confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
A breakdown of the new cases across states is as follows; Lagos-59, Abia-46, FCT-22, Gombe-20, Plateau-17, Rivers-11, Bauchi-7, Benue-6, Ekiti-6, Imo-6, Kaduna-4, Kwara-4, Ondo-4, Ogun-3, Osun-3, Bayelsa-1, Edo-1, Kano-1.
There are now 56,956 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in the country and 1, 094 deaths have been recorded. 48,305 patients who recovered from the disease have also been discharged.