The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) on Monday stated that the death toll from the current diphtheria outbreak across four states of the country has risen to 38. The total confirmed cases across the four states had also risen to 123. This was made known by the Director General of the NCDC, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, in Abuja during the update on the COVID-19 pandemic response and development in the health sector organised by the Federal Ministry of Health and other partners.
The total confirmed cases across the four states had also risen to 123.
He said,"As of yesterday Kano had so far recorded 100 confirmed cases and 32 deaths, Lagos recorded five confirmed cases and three deaths, Yobe recorded 17 confirmed cases and three deaths while Osun recorded one confirmed case and no death. The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency , Dr. Faisal Shuaib, also at the event, said that as of 20th January, Nigeria had fully vaccinated 65,176,784 eligible persons with COVID-19 vaccine while 77,070,988 eligible persons had taken at least one dose of the vaccine.
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