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Nigeria has recorded 212 new suspected infections and 23 deaths of Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) across three states of the federation.
CSM is an acute inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and the spinal cord.
In a new report released Saturday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the number of new suspected cases in the reporting week 13 spanning 27 March to 2 April 2023, increased by 8 per cent compared to the previous week 12 (196).
The NCDC report shows that Jigawa State in the North-west accounted for 62 per cent of the suspected cases, while Yobe and Adamawa in the…