Daily Post Nigeria NCDC reveals discovery of 7 new cases of Lassa Fever Home News Politics Metro Entertainment Sport Health NCDC reveals discovery of 7 new cases of Lassa Fever Published on August 9, 2024 By Matthew Atungwu The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC says it registered seven additional new cases of Lassa fever from Edo, Bauchi and Kogi States. The NCDC revealed this on its official website on Friday, adding that the seven cases were recorded between July 22 and July 28. Lassa fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic (excessive bleeding) illness transmitted to humans through contact with food or household items contaminated by infected rodents or persons.
Its symptoms include fever, headache, sore throat, general body weakness, cough, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, muscle pains, chest pain, and in severe cases, unexplained bleeding from ears, eyes, nose, mouth, and other body openings. NCDC said Edo reported four cases, Bauchi two, while Kogi had one but with no deaths recorded during the period under review. It said 163 deaths were, however, reported in 2024, with a Case Fatality Rate (CFR) of 17.
0 per cent, lower than the 17.3 per cent recorded during the same period in 2023. The public health agency added that 66 per cent of confirmed cases in 2024 were from Ondo, Edo and Bauchi, while 34 per cent were reported from 25 states.
“In total for 2024, 28 states recorded at least one confirmed case of Lassa fever across 125 local government areas,” i.