The latest report by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has shown that Lassa fever has killed 59 Nigerians since the beginning of the year (six weeks) in thirteen states of the country as of February 13, 2022.
Furthermore, in one week (between February 7 to 13, 2022) eleven (11) people have been killed by the disease in five states – Ondo (five), Edo (two), Taraba (two) Bauchi (one) and Kogi (1).
Also, nineteen (19) states have recorded at least one confirmed case of the diseases, with Ondo State having the highest number of confirmed cases and deaths at 115 and 20 respectively.
According to the NCDC, the states with the disease burden are: Ondo, Edo, Bauchi, Benue, Taraba, Oyo, Ebonyi, Enugu, Kogi, Nasarawa, Plateau, Delta, Kaduna, Adamawa, Niger, Anambra, Katsina, FCT and Cross River.
According to a statement by the NCDC, “In week six, the number of new confirmed cases increased from 58 in week five, 2022 to 77 cases. These were reported from Ondo, Edo, Bauchi, Ebonyi, Taraba, Enugu, Benue, Kogi, Nasarawa, and Niger States and the FCT.
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The ministry revealed that 102 deaths were recorded from 510 cases last year
Minister of state for the environment, Chief Sharon Ikeazor, at a function over the weekend, said her ministry had already embarked on environmental health and sanitation response campaign in 11 states of the federation to ensure improvement in environmental sanitation of premises, abatement of nuisance, rodent control, food hygiene and safety.
In a statement issued by the ministry’s director of press, Saghir el Mohammed, she said Nigeria is currently experiencing increasing number of reported Lassa fever cases across the country.
The most recent situation report from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) of 16th January, 2022, indicated 96 confirmed cases and 11 deaths from 3rd to 16th January, 2022, in 27 local government areas across 11 states that include Bauchi, Edo, Ondo, Benue, Taraba, Kaduna, Plateau, Kogi, Cross River, Ebonyi and Oyo.