The death toll from the Lassa fever disease
ravaging the country since the beginning of the year, has risen to 101, the
Nigerian centre for Disease Control has said.
The health agency, in its situation report as
at April 8, said a total of 408 cases of the disease have been confirmed from
20 states where the disease has been active.
These states are Abia, Anambra, Bauchi, Benue,
Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Federal Capital Territory, Gombe, Imo, Kogi, Lagos,
Nasarawa, Ondo, Osun, Plateau, Rivers, and Taraba.
Among these states, three: Edo, Ondo and Ebonyi
top the chart with the highest reported cases.
The NCDC epidemiological report for week 14
since the disease started, shows that 408 cases have been classified as
confirmed and nine probable cases, including 101 deaths.
There is also a total of 4480 contacts
identified through contact tracing of people who had gotten in contact with
confirmed cases, from the 20 Lassa fever active states.
This year, the country is witnessing the
largest outbreak ever of the disease since since it was first discovered in
Nigeria in 1969.
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