Lassa Fever: 9 new confirmed cases were reported from three different states in Nigeria
August 17th, 2018In the reporting Week 31 (July 30-August 5, 2018) nine new confirmedi cases were reported from Edo(7), Ondo(1) and Enugu(1) with two new deaths from Edo(1) and Enugu (1)
Enugu state recorded the first confirmed case in the state since the beginning of the outbreak with death in the confirmed case From 1st January to 5th August 2018, a total of 2334 suspected cases have been reported from 22 states. Of these, 481 were confirmed positive, 10 are probable, 1844 negative (not a case)
Since the onset of the 2018 outbreak, there have been 123 deaths in confirmed cases and 10 in probable cases.
Case Fatality Rate in confirmed cases is 25.6%
In the reporting week 31, no new healthcare worker was infected. Thirty-nine health care workers have been affected since the onset of the outbreak in seven states
A total of 6383 contacts have been identified from 22 states. Of these 439(6.9%) are currently being followed up, 5846 (91.6%) have completed 21 days follow up while 10(0.2%) were lost to follow up. 88 (1.4%) symptomatic contacts have been identified, of which 30 (34%) have tested positive from five states
Lassa fever national multi-partner, multi-agency Technical Working Group(TWG) continues to coordinate response activities at all levels