Health

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, says the number of Lassa fever infections since the beginning of 2022 is 894, with 168 deaths.

The latest situation report released for week 33 by the NCDC also showed that there are 6392 suspected cases of the infection across 101 Local Government Areas in 25 states.

The report showed that of all confirmed cases, 70% are from Ondo (31%), Edo (26%), and Bauchi (13%) states.

The report read in part, “In week 33, the number of new confirmed cases decreased from 9 in week 32, 2022 to 5 cases. These were reported from Ondo and Edo States”.

The report noted, “Cumulatively from week 1 to week 33, 2022, 168 deaths have been reported with a case fatality rate of 18.8% which is lower than the CFR for the same period in 2021 (23.3%).

 “In total for 2022, 25 States have recorded at least one confirmed case across 101 Local Government Areas.

“Of all confirmed cases, 70% are from Ondo (31%), Edo (26%), and Bauchi (13%) States.

“The predominant age group affected is 21-30 years (Range: 0 to 90 years, Median Age: 30 years). The male-to-female ratio for confirmed cases is 1:0.8“.

“The number of suspected cases has increased compared to that reported for the same period in 2021”.

“No new Healthcare worker affected in the reporting week 33.”

Lassa fever is a viral haemorrhagic fever and an acute viral illness, the zoonotic disease has a high morbidity and mortality rate and economic and health security implications.

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Nigeria has recorded 575 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total infections in the country to 31,323.

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reveals this figure on Friday in a tweet via its official twitter handle.

According to the representation, Lagos state recorded 224 new cases, followed by Oyo state, and 68 in FCT.

Health

454 new cases of Coronavirus infections have been recorded in the country.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) revealed this on its twitter handle on Friday night. The tweet showed that 87 out of the confirmed cases were in Lagos state, with 63 in Edo state, 60 in the Federal Capital Territory and 41 in Ondo.

The new cases bring the total confirmed cases in Nigeria to 27, 564

According to the NCDC, 11, 069 persons recovered and were discharged while 628 persons lost their lives.

FRCN Abuja

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Nigeria has recorded 684 new COVID-19 cases and 5 new deaths with the total number of infections rising to 23,298.

This was disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) through its Twitter on Friday.

The representation of the new cases are stated below:

NCDC

✔ @NCDCgov

684 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-259
Oyo-76
Katsina-69
Delta-66
Rivers-46
Ogun-23
Edo-22
Osun-22
Ebonyi-21
FCT-20
Kaduna-16
Ondo-10
Imo-9
Abia-9
Gombe-5
Plateau-4
Bauchi-4
Ekiti-2
Anambra-1

23,298 confirmed
8,253 discharged
554 deaths