Lassa Fever Death Toll Hits 114 With 365 Cases In 19 States

The most recent Lassa fever flare-up in nation has guaranteed four more lives, caused 12 affirmed new cases and 265 new presumed contaminations in a single week.

A refresh discharged yesterday by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), demonstrated that between March 5-11, 2018, 12 new affirmed cases were recorded from seven states: Edo (three), Ondo (two), Bauchi (two), Ebonyi (one), Plateau (one), Taraba (one), Ekiti (one) and Kaduna (one) with four new passings, three in affirmed cases from Plateau, Edo and Kaduna and one likely demise in Ondo.



As per the NCDC, from January 1 to March 11, 2018, an aggregate of 1,386 speculated cases: of these, 365 are affirmed positive, nine are plausible, 988 are negative (not a case) and 24 are anticipating research facility comes about (pending)

The NCDC in the most recent refresh marked by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO)/National Coordinator, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, said since the beginning of the 2018 flare-up, there have been 114 passings; 81 in positive-affirmed cases, nine in plausible cases and 24 in negative cases. In any case, Case Fatality Rate (CFR) in affirmed and likely cases expanded from 23.9 to 24 for every penny.

As indicated by the report, 19 states have recorded no less than one affirmed case crosswise over 55 Local board zones (Edo, Ondo, Bauchi, Nasarawa, Ebonyi, Anambra, Benue, Kogi, Imo, Plateau, Lagos, Taraba, Delta, Osun, Rivers, FCT, Gombe, Ekiti and Kaduna).

The NCDC said Kaduna State announced one new affirmed case without precedent for this episode as seven states have left the dynamic period of the flare-up with 12 states still dynamic.