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February 22, 2019
Nigeria Centre for Disease Controlsays it recorded 25 new cases of Lassa fever between February 11 and17 across the country.
The Chief Executive Officer of thecentre Chikwe Ihekweazu made this known on Friday in Abuja.
He said that the 25 new casesbrought the number of confirmed cases to 355 out of 1,139 suspected casesrecorded since Jan. 1 in 19 states and Abuja.
Ihekweazu said under the reportingweek 7 that out of the total cases, three were probable while 781 testednegative. He added that a total of 75 deaths had been recorded since the onsetof the outbreak.
According to the Officer, Edo, Ondo,Bauchi, Nasarawa, Ebonyi, Plateau, Taraba, Adamawa, Gombe, Kaduna, Kwara,Benue, Rivers, Kogi, Enugu, Imo, Delta, Oyo and Kebbi states as well as Abujaeach recorded at least one confirmed case.