Saturday, 1 May 2021

PRO/AH/EDR> Lassa fever - West Africa (08): Nigeria

Lassa Fever -- Nigeria
Key points:
Current week (16) (19-25 Apr 2021) / Cumulative 2021 week 1-16 / Cumulative 2020 week 1-16
Suspected cases: 59 / 1651 / 4475
Confirmed cases: 7 / 254 / 979
Probable cases: 0 / 3 / 14
Deaths: 2 / 52 / 188
Case fatality rate (CFR [%]): 28.6 / 20.5 / 19.2
Number of states affected: 4 / 14 / 27
Local government areas (LGAs) affected: 6 / 53 / 127

Highlights
- In week 16, the number of new confirmed cases increased from 6 in week 15, 2021 to 7 cases; these were reported

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?8339712&promed&0

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