Tuesday, 17 April 2018

PRO/AH/EDR> Lassa fever - West Africa (24): Nigeria

Lassa Fever -- Nigeria
- In the reporting week 15 [9-15 Apr 2018] 5 new confirmed cases were recorded from 4 States - Edo (2 cases), Ebonyi (1), Kogi (1), and Adamawa (1) with 3 new deaths in confirmed cases from Ebonyi (1), Adamawa (1) and Kogi (1).
- This is the lowest weekly case count since the 1st week of January 2018.
- From 1 Jan - 15 Apr 2018, a total of 1849 suspected cases have been reported from 21 states. Of these, 413 were confirmed positive, 9 are probable, 1422 are negative (not a case) and 5 are

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5753166&promed&0

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