Saturday, 8 June 2019

PRO/AH/EDR> Lassa fever - West Africa (28): Nigeria

Lassa Fever -- Nigeria
Highlights
- In the reporting week 21 (20-26 May 2019), 3 new confirmed cases were reported from 2 states -- Edo (2) and Ondo (1) states -- with no new deaths recorded.
- From 1 Jan 2019 to 19 May 2019, a total of 2582 suspected cases have been reported from 21 states. Of these, 578 were confirmed positive, 15 probable and 1989 negative (not a case).
- Since the onset of the 2019 outbreak, there have been 129 deaths in confirmed cases. Case fatality ratio in confirmed cases is 22.3%.
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Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6509889&promed&0

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