The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC says 80 people have died from Lassa fever as of Thursday.
The Centre announced this during its routine situation report of Lassa Fever outbreak in the country on in Abuja, adding that 434 cases have been reported in the country.
The states affected by the infections include Edo 192; Ondo 150; Taraba 21; Ebonyi 17; Bauchi 15 and Benue 8. It added that while Plateau recorded eight cases, Kaduna recorded seven, Enugu has State 5; Nasarawa and Kogi 3 cases each, while Cross River, Imo, Anambra, Delta and Abia have 1 each.
It was gathered that currently, seven laboratories in the country have the capacity to test for Lassa fever and it is been coordinated by the NCDC National Reference Laboratory, NRL.
The Centre is also participating in the largest-ever Lassa fever study supported by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness and Innovations, CEPI to provide an accurate assessment of the incidence of the disease in West Africa.
