A total of 82 cases of Lassa fever including 14 deaths have been confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Diseases Control, NCDC. Announcing the development in its Lassa fever Situation Report (Epi Week 02: 6th – 12th January 2020, the NCDC said that a total of 255 suspected cases were recorded. The cumulative data from the report indicated that within the same period in 2019, there were 16 Lassa fever deaths out of 60 confirmed cases out of 172 suspected cases. According to a summary of the current weekly indicators of the report, the number of new confirmed cases of the disease increased from 18 in week 1, 2020 to 64 in week 2, out of which 12 deaths were recorded from 158 suspected cases with a Case Fertility Ratio, CFR, of 18.8 percent in 12 local Government Areas of Ondo, Edo, Ebonyi, Taraba, Plateau, Bauchi and Ogun States.
Lassa fever: NCDC confirms 14 deaths in 7 states
