The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention says it recorded 2,621 suspected Lassa fever cases and 84 deaths with a case fatality rate of 18.6 percent.
The NCDC said 476 cases were confirmed from the suspected cases from 23 states across 84 Local Government Areas, as of February 18, 2024.
The NCDC was notified yesterday by the Kaduna State Ministry of Health of the report of deaths from suspected viral hemorrhagic fever at the 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital in Kaduna. Four of the six blood samples from suspected cases sent to the Bayero University Teaching Hospital in Kano have been confirmed for Lassa fever.
