{"id":41546,"date":"2021-04-22T17:24:15","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T17:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=41546"},"modified":"2021-04-22T17:14:32","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T17:14:32","slug":"covid-19-active-cases-hit-7986-as-ncdc-confirms-more-infections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-active-cases-hit-7986-as-ncdc-confirms-more-infections","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 active cases hit 7,986 as NCDC confirms more infections"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The total active cases of coronavirus, COVID-19 being managed across the country has risen to 7,986.<\/p>\n

This is following the confirmation of 65 fresh cases by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC.<\/p>\n

NCDC made the announcement on Wednesday night while giving an update via its official Facebook page.<\/p>\n

So far, the country has recorded a total of 164,488 cases with 2,061 deaths, while about 154,441 patients have recovered from the virus.<\/p>\n

The post reads: \u201c65 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;<\/p>\n

Lagos-41
\nKaduna-6
\nKano-3
\nRivers-3
\nPlateau-3
\nAkwa Ibom-2
\nImo-2
\nOyo-2
\nEdo-1
\nBauchi-1
\nOsun-1<\/p>\n

164,488 confirmed
\n154,441 discharged
\n2,061 deaths<\/p>\n

\u201cA breakdown of cases by state can be found via covid19.ncdc.gov.ng\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The total active cases of coronavirus, COVID-19 being managed across the country has risen to 7,986. This is following the confirmation of 65 fresh cases by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC. NCDC made the announcement on Wednesday night while giving an update via its official Facebook page. So far, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":41545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,1438,28,26],"tags":[1570,2140,1585,1425,254],"class_list":["post-41546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-coronavirus-in-nigeria","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-covid-19-2","tag-ncdc","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\nCOVID-19 active cases hit 7,986 as NCDC confirms more infections - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The total active cases of coronavirus, COVID-19 being managed across the country has risen to 7,986. This is following ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-active-cases-hit-7986-as-ncdc-confirms-more-infections\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"COVID-19 active cases hit 7,986 as NCDC confirms more infections\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The total active cases of coronavirus, COVID-19 being managed across the country has risen to 7,986. This is following ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-active-cases-hit-7986-as-ncdc-confirms-more-infections\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-04-22T17:24:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/img-6081aed3167d3.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"840\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-active-cases-hit-7986-as-ncdc-confirms-more-infections#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-active-cases-hit-7986-as-ncdc-confirms-more-infections\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"COVID-19 active cases hit 7,986 as NCDC confirms more infections\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-22T17:24:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-active-cases-hit-7986-as-ncdc-confirms-more-infections\"},\"wordCount\":116,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-active-cases-hit-7986-as-ncdc-confirms-more-infections#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/img-6081aed3167d3.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Covid-19\",\"NCDC\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Coronavirus in Nigeria\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-active-cases-hit-7986-as-ncdc-confirms-more-infections#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-active-cases-hit-7986-as-ncdc-confirms-more-infections\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-active-cases-hit-7986-as-ncdc-confirms-more-infections\",\"name\":\"COVID-19 active cases hit 7,986 as NCDC confirms more infections - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-active-cases-hit-7986-as-ncdc-confirms-more-infections#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-active-cases-hit-7986-as-ncdc-confirms-more-infections#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/img-6081aed3167d3.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-22T17:24:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The total active cases of coronavirus, COVID-19 being managed across the country has risen to 7,986. This is following ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-active-cases-hit-7986-as-ncdc-confirms-more-infections#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-active-cases-hit-7986-as-ncdc-confirms-more-infections\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-active-cases-hit-7986-as-ncdc-confirms-more-infections#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/img-6081aed3167d3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/img-6081aed3167d3.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":840,\"caption\":\"COVID-19 active cases hit 7,986 as NCDC confirms more infections\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-active-cases-hit-7986-as-ncdc-confirms-more-infections#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"COVID-19 active cases hit 7,986 as NCDC confirms more infections\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"COVID-19 active cases hit 7,986 as NCDC confirms more infections - Nigeria","description":"The total active cases of coronavirus, COVID-19 being managed across the country has risen to 7,986. This is following ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-active-cases-hit-7986-as-ncdc-confirms-more-infections","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"COVID-19 active cases hit 7,986 as NCDC confirms more infections","og_description":"The total active cases of coronavirus, COVID-19 being managed across the country has risen to 7,986. This is following ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-active-cases-hit-7986-as-ncdc-confirms-more-infections","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2021-04-22T17:24:15+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":840,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/img-6081aed3167d3.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-active-cases-hit-7986-as-ncdc-confirms-more-infections#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-active-cases-hit-7986-as-ncdc-confirms-more-infections"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"COVID-19 active cases hit 7,986 as NCDC confirms more infections","datePublished":"2021-04-22T17:24:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-active-cases-hit-7986-as-ncdc-confirms-more-infections"},"wordCount":116,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-active-cases-hit-7986-as-ncdc-confirms-more-infections#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/img-6081aed3167d3.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Nigeria","Covid-19","NCDC","Nigeria"],"articleSection":["all news","Coronavirus in Nigeria","homepage-english","twitter"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-active-cases-hit-7986-as-ncdc-confirms-more-infections#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-active-cases-hit-7986-as-ncdc-confirms-more-infections","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-active-cases-hit-7986-as-ncdc-confirms-more-infections","name":"COVID-19 active cases hit 7,986 as NCDC confirms more infections - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-active-cases-hit-7986-as-ncdc-confirms-more-infections#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-active-cases-hit-7986-as-ncdc-confirms-more-infections#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/img-6081aed3167d3.jpg","datePublished":"2021-04-22T17:24:15+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The total active cases of coronavirus, COVID-19 being managed across the country has risen to 7,986. This is following ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-active-cases-hit-7986-as-ncdc-confirms-more-infections#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-active-cases-hit-7986-as-ncdc-confirms-more-infections"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-active-cases-hit-7986-as-ncdc-confirms-more-infections#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/img-6081aed3167d3.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/img-6081aed3167d3.jpg","width":1200,"height":840,"caption":"COVID-19 active cases hit 7,986 as NCDC confirms more infections"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-active-cases-hit-7986-as-ncdc-confirms-more-infections#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"COVID-19 active cases hit 7,986 as NCDC confirms more infections"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}