Lassa fever claims over 242 lives in 2020

A total of 242 persons have so far died of Lassa fever in Nigeria this year.

This is 72 higher than the 170-casualty figure recorded in 2019.

The figure is contained in a situation report on the disease released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

From the NCDC’s report, Nigeria has so far recorded 1,175 confirmed cases of the disease in 2020 as against the 817 confirmed cases recorded in 2019.

The cases were recorded in 27 out of the nation’s 36 states and 130 local government areas out of the country’s 774.