The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday February 19, uncovered that that 103 individuals have been killed by Lassa fever since its ongoing flare-up on December 30, 2019. .....
Late casualties of the sickness dwelled in Ondo, Edo, Ebonyi, Kano, Kogi, Kaduna, Taraba, Plateau, Bauchi, Enugu, Abia, Benue, Borno, Gombe, Sokoto and Katsina.
A sum of 586 cases have been affirmed the nation over. Edo has the most elevated weight of affirmed cases at 35 percent, trailed by Ondo with 32 percent and Ebonyi at six percent. 26 states have additionally recorded in any event one affirmed case over the 101 neighborhood government zones in the nation.
NCDC's report peruses to some extent;
"Aggregately from week one to week 07, 2020, 103 passings have been accounted for with a case casualty rate (CFR) of 17.6 percent which is lower than the CFR for a similar period in 2019 (21.1 percent).
"The overwhelming age bunch influenced is 21-30 years (go: <1 to 78 years, middle age: 33 years). The male to female proportion for affirmed cases is 1:1.2.
"The quantity of suspected cases has altogether expanded contrasted with that announced for a similar period in 2019."
Late casualties of the sickness dwelled in Ondo, Edo, Ebonyi, Kano, Kogi, Kaduna, Taraba, Plateau, Bauchi, Enugu, Abia, Benue, Borno, Gombe, Sokoto and Katsina.
A sum of 586 cases have been affirmed the nation over. Edo has the most elevated weight of affirmed cases at 35 percent, trailed by Ondo with 32 percent and Ebonyi at six percent. 26 states have additionally recorded in any event one affirmed case over the 101 neighborhood government zones in the nation.
NCDC's report peruses to some extent;
"Aggregately from week one to week 07, 2020, 103 passings have been accounted for with a case casualty rate (CFR) of 17.6 percent which is lower than the CFR for a similar period in 2019 (21.1 percent).
"The overwhelming age bunch influenced is 21-30 years (go: <1 to 78 years, middle age: 33 years). The male to female proportion for affirmed cases is 1:1.2.
"The quantity of suspected cases has altogether expanded contrasted with that announced for a similar period in 2019."
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