Attachments
HIGHLIGHTS
- In March, 2024:
‒ Borno (304), Yobe (157), Bauchi (115), Osun (115), Lagos (110) Adamawa (102) and Katsina (91) accounted for 44.2% of the 1986 suspected cases reported ‒ Of the suspected cases reported, 599 (30.16%) were confirmed (172 lab-confirmed & 406 epidemiologically linked, 21 clinically compatible), 325 (16.36%) were discarded & 1062 (53.47%) were pending ‒ A total of 436 LGAs across 34 States + FCT reported at least one suspected case ‒ Fourteen (14) deaths was recorded from confirmed cases
- From January – March, 2024:
‒ Borno (2897), Yobe (345), Bauchi (319), Katsina (276), Osun (276), Lagos (269) and Ogun (255) accounted for 60.38% of the 7,842 suspected cases reported ‒ Of the suspected cases reported, 4034 (52.35%) were confirmed (1003 lab-confirmed, 2001 epi-linked and 1030 clinically compatible), 654 (8.51%) were discarded and 3,154 (40.21%) were pending classification ‒ The age group 9 - 59 months accounted for 2710 (67.2%) of all confirmed cases ‒ A total of 33 deaths (CFR = 0.81%) were recorded among confirmed cases ‒ Up to 3,364 (83.4%) of the 4034 confirmed cases did not receive any dose of measles vaccine (“zero doses”)
- Measles outbreaks as at March 31st 2024:
‒ In March 2023, 8 LGAs across 7 states (Abia - 2; Rivers - 1; Plateau – 1; Bauchi, Sokoto, Gombe & Kaduna - 1) recorded an outbreak each ‒ Cummulatively, a total of 184 LGAs across 35 states recorded at least one measles outbreak this year ‒ Only FCT and Osun States have not recorded any confirmed measles outbreak this year