Lassa Fever: NCDC Confirms 15 New Cases Of In 6 States - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Abubakar Abubakar
March 30, 2019
TheNigeria Centre for Disease Control on Saturday has confirmed 15 new cases ofLassa fever from six states in Nigeria.
TheChief Executive Officer of NCDC, Chikwe Ihekweazu, who made this known onSaturday in Abuja said that the 15 new cases brought the number of confirmedcases to 510 out of the 1,924 suspected cases since January 1 in 21 states.
Healso said that a total of 119 deaths had been recorded since the onset of theoutbreak.
Ihekweazusaid Edo, Ondo, Bauchi, Nasarawa, Ebonyi, Plateau, Taraba, FCT, Adamawa, Gombe,Kaduna, Kwara, Benue, Rivers, Kogi, Enugu, Imo, Delta, Oyo, Kebbi and Cross Riverstates each recorded at least one confirmed case.
Henoted that no new health worker was affected, adding that a total of 16healthcare workers had so far been affected since the onset of the outbreak inseven states.
The NCDC boss said 32 patients were hospitalised at the designated centres.