{"id":71682,"date":"2021-08-16T09:28:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T08:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=71682"},"modified":"2021-08-16T09:28:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T08:28:00","slug":"covid-nigeria-records-541-infections-in-13-states-306-recoveries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/08\/16\/covid-nigeria-records-541-infections-in-13-states-306-recoveries\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID: Nigeria records 541 infections in 13 states, 306 recoveries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the battle against COVID continues, Nigeria has recorded 541 new cases of the deadly disease in 12 states and the federal capital territory (FCT).<\/p>\n<p>This was disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in its daily update on Sunday, August 15.<\/p>\n<p>Lagos, the hardest-hit state by the pandemic, topped the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/08\/14\/new-lambda-covid-19-variant-may-be-resistant-to-vaccines-study-reveals\/\">COVID-19 infection<\/a> chart with 242 new cases, while Akwa Ibom reported 94 cases, Enugu and Oyo logged 48 infections respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Other states include Anambra (34), Rivers (19), Ogun (17), Ekiti (15), FCT (9), Kwara (7), Abia (5), Delta (2) and Niger (1).<\/p>\n<p>There were no fatalities on Sunday. 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