Nigeria has recorded 144 deaths from the Lassa fever outbreak currently plaguing the country.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) which disclosed this on Wednesday also said since the onset of the 2020 outbreak, the country has recorded 855 confirmed cases of the disease.
The new death figures showed that 12 people died from the disease within the last week.
The figure as at last week, stood at 132 deaths.
Ondo accounts for the highest number of deaths with 38 deaths.
The weekly situation report by NCDC showed that three states, Edo, Ondo and Ebonyi, have the highest number of cases from the outbreak.
Of all confirmed cases, 74 per cent are from three states: Edo accounts for 34 per cent; Ondo 33, per cent, while Ebonyi, has 7 per cent.
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The report also listed the five states with the highest number of confirmed cases of the disease as follows: Edo, 288 confirmed cases and 32 deaths; Ondo, 279 confirmed cases and 38 deaths; Ebonyi, 59 cases and 13 deaths; Taraba, 47 cases and 17 deaths and Bauchi with 35 cases and nine deaths.
For the reporting week, however, there was a slight decline in the number of new confirmed cases as it decreased from 85 cases in week nine to 81 cases.
These cases were reported from 15 states – Edo, Ondo, Ebonyi, Bauchi, Taraba, Plateau, Benue, Kogi, Anambra, Delta, Enugu, Adamawa, Kaduna, Sokoto and Kebbi.
In total for 2020, 27 states have so far recorded at least one confirmed case across 119 local government areas.
Cumulatively from week 1 to week 10, 144 deaths have been reported with a case fatality rate (CFR) of 16.8 per cent.
Also, the report indicated there has been a significant increase in the figures when compared to the same period in 2019.
According to the statistics, cumulatively between week one and 10, 2020, there have been 3416 suspected cases, 855 confirmed, 11 probable and 144 deaths compared to same period in 2019 which had 1752 suspected cases, 472 confirmed, 15 probable and 110 death were reported.
