Lassa Fever: Centre Confirms 37 New Cases Across The Country - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 21, 2019
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 37 newcases of Lassa fever recorded between February 4th and 10th.
The Chief Executive Officer of the Centre Chikwe Ihekweazuwho  made this known in a statement inAbuja, said that from January 1st  toFebruary 10th, out of a total of 947 suspected cases reported from 20 statesand Abuja, 324 were confirmed positive, three probable and 620 negative.
He added that since the onset of the 2019 outbreak, therehad been 69 deaths from the confirmed cases, bringing the fatality rate to 21.3per cent.
Ihekweazu said that Edo, Ondo, Bauchi, Nasarawa, Ebonyi,Plateau, Taraba, Abuja, Adamawa, Gombe, Kaduna, Kwara, Benue, Rivers, Kogi,Enugu, Imo, Delta, Oyo and Kebbi states, had recorded at least one confirmedcase across 54 local government areas.
He also confirmed that three new health workers wereaffected in Benue, Bauchi and Rivers states in the recent outbreak.