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).
This was disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in its daily update on Sunday, August 15.
Lagos, the hardest-hit state by the pandemic, topped the COVID-19 infection chart with 242 new cases, while Akwa Ibom reported 94 cases, Enugu and Oyo logged 48 infections respectively.
Other states include Anambra (34), Rivers (19), Ogun (17), Ekiti (15), FCT (9), Kwara (7), Abia (5), Delta (2) and Niger (1).
There were no fatalities on Sunday. The coronavirus death toll in the country stands at 2,219.
The NCDC said 306 people were discharged on Sunday after recovering from the infection.
With the new figure, a total of 167,132 patients have so far recovered from COVID-19 in Nigeria.
A total of 182,503 coronavirus cases have now been confirmed across the country.