Some 381 people have been confirmed to be positive with Lassa fever, in Nigeria, as at February 24.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Friday said since the onset of the 2019 outbreak, the country has recorded 83 deaths in confirmed cases of the disease.Nigeria, since January has been witnessing outbreaks of Lassa fever. In January, NCDC declared a Lassa fever outbreak in the country.
Mr Ihekweazu said in the last three weeks there has been a consistent pattern in the number of confirmed cases and death recorded across the country. “The significant improvement in the 2019 response is as evidenced by the early decline in the number of cases when compared to the 2018 outbreak,” he said.Statistics from NCDC shows that from January 1 to February 24, a total of 1249 suspected cases have been reported from 21 States including the FCT was at least one case was confirmed.
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