Confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria is now 542 following the announcement of 49 new cases in the country.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC) disclosed this while giving daily updates on the number of cases on Twitter on Saturday.

Amongst the new cases, 23 were recorded in Lagos, 12 in FCT, 10 in Kano, 2 in Ogun, 1 in Oyo and 1 in Ekiti.

While the number of discharged persons increased to 166, the centre said the country recorded two more deaths making a total of 19.