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Lassa Fever: Nigeria’s death toll rises to 11 in two weeks

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Cumulatively, from the first week to the second week of 2022, 96 people have been infected by Lassa fever across 27 Local Government Areas in 11 states of the federation.

has shown that 11 people have died from Lassa fever across the country.

According to the report, these new infections were recorded in Edo, Ondo, Bauchi, Benue, Kogi, Oyo, Taraba and Ebonyi states.Lassa feverNCDC noted in the report that the number of fatalities were reported with a case fatality rate of 11.5 per cent which is lower than the CFR for the same period in 2021, 17.4 per cent.

Edo State in the South-south topped with 31 per cent, followed by Bauchi State in the North-east and Ondo in the South-west with 22 and 21 per cent respectively. The disease centre added that three new health care workers from Edo State were infected with the disease in the reporting week.Lassa fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic illness that is transmitted to humans through contact with food, household items contaminated by infected rodents or persons.

 

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