NCDC: Lassa Fever kills 83 in 2019

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 83 deaths, 381 confirmed cases and 1,279 suspected cases of Lassa fever in 2019.

The senior technical adviser to the NCDC chief executive officer, Dr Kola Jinadu disclosed this to the newsmen in Jos.

He was speaking at a health journalism master class organised by Nigeria healthwatch, a non-governmental organisation.

The senior technical adviser said the centre also has 12 probable cases, adding that the cases cut across 21 states of the country.