Nigeria has confirmed 40 new Lassa fever infections and five deaths in one week, spanning 27 February to 5 March.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) 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.
The report showed that the new cases were reported from Bauchi, Ondo, Taraba, Edo, and Ebonyi states.
NCDC noted that cumulatively from week one to week nine, 109 deaths have been reported with a case fatality rate (CFR) of 16.1 per cent which is lower than the CFR for the same period in 2022 (18.6 per cent).
According to the NCDC, 22 states have recorded at least one confirmed case across 89 Local Government Areas, with 72 per cent of all confirmed cases reported from three states of Ondo, Edo, and Bauchi.
The disease control centre noted that Ondo State has so far accounted for 33 per cent of all confirmed cases, while Edo and Bauchi…
