PRO/AH/EDR> Lassa Fever – West Africa (46): Nigeria

November 25, 2018 editor Global Disease Alerts

Lassa Fever — Nigeria
Highlights
– In the reporting week 46 (12-18 Nov 2018), 3 new confirmed cases were reported from Edo (1) and Ondo (2) states with one new death.
– From 1 Jan-18 Nov 2018, a total of 3086 suspected cases have been reported from 22 states. Of these, 562 were confirmed positive, 17 probable, 2507 negative (not a case).
– Since the onset of the 2018 outbreak, there have been 144 deaths in confirmed cases and 17 in probable cases. Case fatality rate (CFR) in confirmed cases is 25.6 percent.
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