The
death toll from the Lassa fever outbreak ravaging the country since the
beginning of the year has increased to 110, the Nigeria Centre for Disease
Control (NCDC) has said.
The health agency in its weekly situation
report for week nine, released on Tuesday disclosed that 35 new confirmed cases
were recorded from five states including seven deaths.
These include, Edo (19), Ondo (five), Bauchi
(one), Ebonyi (nine) and Plateau (one). Seven new deaths were recorded: Ondo
(two) Edo (two) and Ebonyi (three).
The country is currently battling its largest
Lassa fever outbreak on record.
From January 1 to March 4, 2018, 1121 suspected
cases have been recorded out of which 353 are confirmed positive, eight
probable, 723 negative (not a case) and 37 are awaiting laboratory results
(pending). Two health workers were confirmed positive this week in Ebonyi
State.
According to the NCDC, sixteen health care
workers have so far been affected in six states –Ebonyi (nine), Nasarawa (one),
Kogi (one), Benue (one), Ondo (one) and Edo (three) with four deaths in Ebonyi
(three) and Kogi (one).
“The disease outbreak is active in 18 states:
Edo, Ondo, Bauchi, Nasarawa, Ebonyi, Anambra, Benue, Kogi, Imo, Plateau, Lagos,
Taraba, Delta, Osun, Rivers, FCT, Gombe and Ekiti, the NCDC report said.
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