{"id":3027,"date":"2021-03-06T08:27:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T07:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=3027"},"modified":"2021-03-06T08:27:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T07:27:04","slug":"nigeria-records-371-new-cases-of-covid-19-total-now-158042","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/03\/06\/nigeria-records-371-new-cases-of-covid-19-total-now-158042\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria records 371 new cases of COVID-19, total now 158042"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the battle against COVID-19 continues, Nigeria has recorded 371 new cases of the deadly virus in 19 states and the federal capital territory, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>This was announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/03\/05\/covid-19-ncdc-reports-708-fresh-cases-12-deaths\/\">NCDC<\/a>) in its daily update on Friday, March 5, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Lagos recorded 101 new cases, the highest for the day.<\/p>\n<p>Other states with new cases include Rivers-54, Anambra-31, Ebonyi-23, Imo-23, Kwara-22, Kano-20, Taraba-17, Akwa Ibom-16, FCT-15, Abia-13, Kaduna-13, Osun-5, Edo-4, Oyo-4, Kebbi-3, Ogun-3, Ekiti-2, Nasarawa-1 and Zamfara-1.<\/p>\n<p>The agency also disclosed that they were 204 community recoveries in Kwara State, 167 in Lagos State, 88 in Edo State, and 60 in Osun State.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria now has a total of 158,042 confirmed cases 137, 025 patients have been discharged so far with 1,954 deaths recorded.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3031 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/adewale-chocomilo\/2021\/03\/06\/604304d4c43a6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"887\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/adewale-chocomilo\/2021\/03\/06\/604304d4c43a6.jpg 887w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/adewale-chocomilo\/2021\/03\/06\/604304d4c43a6-130x300.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/adewale-chocomilo\/2021\/03\/06\/604304d4c43a6-444x1024.jpg 444w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/adewale-chocomilo\/2021\/03\/06\/604304d4c43a6-768x1773.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/adewale-chocomilo\/2021\/03\/06\/604304d4c43a6-665x1536.jpg 665w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 887px) 100vw, 887px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3032 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/adewale-chocomilo\/2021\/03\/06\/604304b9ef990.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/adewale-chocomilo\/2021\/03\/06\/604304b9ef990.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/adewale-chocomilo\/2021\/03\/06\/604304b9ef990-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/adewale-chocomilo\/2021\/03\/06\/604304b9ef990-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/adewale-chocomilo\/2021\/03\/06\/604304b9ef990-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/adewale-chocomilo\/2021\/03\/06\/604304b9ef990-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the battle against COVID-19 continues, Nigeria has recorded 371 new cases of the deadly virus in 19 states and the federal capital territory, Abuja. 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