Sunday, 1 March 2020

PRO/AH/EDR> Lassa fever - West Africa (12): Nigeria

Lassa Fever -- Nigeria
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Table 1: Summary of current week (8), cumulative from epiweeks 1-8, 2020 and comparison with previous year (2019).
Current week (7) [10-16 Feb 2020] / Cumulative weeks 1-7 / Cumulative 2019 weeks 1-7
Suspected cases: 456 / 2633 / 1249
Confirmed cases: 102 / 689/ 381
Probable cases: 0 / 9 / 15
Deaths: 13 / 118 / 83
Case fatality rate (CFR): 12.7 % / 17.1 % / 21.8 %
Number of states affected: 18 / 27 / 21
Local government areas (LGAs) affected: 46 / 115 /

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