Lassa Fever - Nigeria Records Five Deaths, 40 New Infections PremiumTimesng: Nigeria
Nigeria has confirmed 40 new Lassa fever infections and five deaths in one week, spanning 27 February to 5 March. disclosed in its latest situation report published Tuesday on its website for week nine, noting that the number of new confirmed cases decreased from 59 in week eight to 40 cases.
NCDC noted that cumulatively from week one to week nine, 109 deaths have been reported with a case fatality rate of 16.1 per cent which is lower than the CFR for the same period in 2022 . The disease control centre noted that Ondo State has so far accounted for 33 per cent of all confirmed cases, while Edo and Bauchi accounted for 29 and 10 per cent respectively.
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