The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control reported 6 new confirmed cases of Lassa fever last week, including two deaths. One of those deaths involved a doctor who was in close contact with at least 30 patients.
April 5th, 2018In the reporting Week 13 (March 26- April 01, 2018) six new confirmed cases were recorded from five States…..with two new deaths in confirmed cases from FCT (1) and Abia (1)
From 1st January to 1st April 2018, a total of 1706 suspectedi cases have been reported. Of these, 400 were confirmed positive, 9 are probable, 1273 are negative (not a case) and 24 are awaiting laboratory results (pending) Since the onset of the 2018 outbreak, there have been 142 deaths: 97 in positive-confirmed cases, 9 in probable cases and 36 in negative cases.
Case Fatality Rate in confirmed cases is 24.3% –
In the reporting week 14, two new healthcare workers were affected with one death. Twenty five* health care workers have been affected since the onset of the outbreak in eight states –
30 cases are currently under treatment in treatment centres across nine states -Edo (9), Ebonyi (6), Bauchi (7), Ondo (5), Plateau (1), Osun (1) and Kogi (1)
A total of 4274 contacts have been identified from 20 states. Of these 662 (15.0%) are currently being followed up, 3605 (84.8%) have completed 21 days follow up while 7(0.2%) were lost follow up. 27 (40%) of the 67 contacts have tested positive from five states (Edo-12, Ondo-7, Ebonyi-3, Kogi -3 and Bauchi-1) WHO and NCDC has scaled up response at National and State levels National RRT team (NCDC staff and NFELTP residents) batch C continues response support in Ebonyi, Ondo, Edo, Bauchi and Taraba State
National Lassa fever multi-partner multi-agency Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) continues to coordinate the response activities at all levels