Monday, 15 April 2019

PRO/AH/EDR> Lassa fever - West Africa (22): Nigeria

Lassa Fever -- Nigeria
Highlights
- In the reporting week 14 (1-7 Apr 2019) 11 new confirmed cases were reported from 5 states -- Ondo (5), Edo (2), Bauchi (2), Ebonyi (1), and Taraba (1) states with one new death in Taraba state.
- From 1 Jan-7 Apr 2019, a total of 2133 suspected cases have been reported from 21 states. Of these, 537 were confirmed positive, 15 probable and 1581 negative (not a case).
- Since the onset of the 2019 outbreak, there have been 122 deaths in confirmed cases. Case fatality ratio in

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6422570&promed&0

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