Just In: Nigeria records 951 confirmed cases of Lassa Fever, 185 deaths
As efforts are made to curtail the spread of covid-19 cases, the Nigeria Centre of Disease Control (NCDC), has reported that Nigeria has a total number of 951 confirmed cases of Lassa Fever and 185 deaths.
The Centre made this known on Twitter today.
“The latest #LassaFever Situation Report has been published on our website (week 13) NCDC is working to support every state in Nigeria to identify one treatment centre, while supporting existing ones with care, treatment & commodities,” NCDC wrote.
The latest #LassaFever Situation Report has been published on our website (week 13)
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 2, 2020
NCDC is working to support every state in Nigeria to identify one treatment centre, while supporting existing ones with care, treatment & commodities
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The report stated that in week 13, the number of new confirmed cases decreased from 28 cases in week 12,
2020 to 19 cases. These were reported from 8 States (Edo, Ondo, Ebonyi, Bauchi,
Taraba, Plateau, Kogi, and Delta).
Cumulatively from week 1 to week 13, 2020, 185 deaths have been reported with a case
fatality rate (CFR) of 19.5% which is lower than the CFR for the same period in 2019
(23.0%).
In total for 2020, 27 States have recorded at least one confirmed case across 126 Local
Government Areas
Of all confirmed cases, 72% are from Edo (32%), Ondo (32%) and Ebonyi (8%) States.
The predominant age-group affected is 21-30 years.
