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Nigeria

NCDC Lassa fever Situation Report Epi Week 35: 24 – 30 August 2020

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Highlights

  • In week 35, the number of new confirmed cases decreased from 11 in week 34,2020 to 2 cases. These were reported from 2 States(OndoandEdo)(Table3).

  • Cumulatively from week 1 to week 35,2020,225 deaths have been reported with a case fatality rate(CFR) of 20.9% which is lower than the CFR for the same period in 2019(21.7%).