Nigeria has recorded 57 new cases and 12 deaths from the Lassa fever outbreak across eight states in one week, spanning 20 to 26 January.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) revealed this in its latest situation report.
According to the report, the states affected were Ondo, Taraba, Edo, Bauchi, Ebonyi, Kogi, Nasarawa, and Gombe.
The centre stated that seventy-five per cent of all confirmed cases were reported from Ondo, Edo, and Bauchi, while twenty-five per cent were reported from seven states.
Of the seventy-five per cent of all the confirmed cases, Ondo recorded thirty-seven per cent, Edo twenty-one per cent, and Bauchi seventeen per cent.
Cumulatively, Nigeria has recorded two hundred and ninety confirmed cases of Lassa fever with fifty-three deaths in four weeks.
The number of deaths resulted in a case fatality rate (CFR) of eighteen point three per cent, which is lower than the CFR for the same period in 2024, which is eighteen point six per cent.
