NCDC Confirms 11 New Deaths In Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 11 new deaths in the recent Lassa fever outbreak ravaging most states in the country.
Within Nigeria learnt that the development brings the total number of death recorded to 132.
According to NCDC in its week 9 report, out of a total of 421 suspected cases, 85 were confirmed and 11 deaths reported from 30 local governments in nine states.
The affected states are Edo, Ondo, Ebonyi, Bauchi, Plateau, Benue, Kogi, Taraba and Kebbi. From week one to nine, a total of 3054 suspected cases, 775 confirmed cases, nine probable and 132 deaths have so far been reported from 118 local governments in 27 states.
Out of the 73 per cent of all confirmed, Edo State has 34 per cent, Ondo State, 32 per cent and Ebonyi State has 7 per cent of the cases.
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