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Highlights
• In week 5, the number of new suspected cases is 72, compared with 52 cases reported in week 4, 2023. These were reported from twenty (20) states and FCT – Lagos (17), Ogun (12), Abia (9), FCT (7), Enugu (4), Akwa Ibom (2), Bayelsa (2), Edo (2), Kaduna (2), Nasarawa (2), Plateau (2), Taraba (2), Adamawa (1), Cross River (1), Delta (1), Ebonyi (1), Katsina (1), Kogi (1), Kwara (1), Ondo (1) and Rivers (1) across 41 Local Government Areas.
• Since week 1 of 2023, twelve (12) states and FCT have recorded at least one confirmed Mpox case across twenty-seven (27) Local Government Areas. In 2023, the States with the highest burden are Lagos (29.4%), Abia (14.7%), Imo (11.8%), Edo (8.8%) and FCT (8.8%), contributing 73.5% of confirmed cases.
• The number of confirmed cases is seven (7) in week 5, 2023, compared with three (3) confirmed cases reported in week 4, 2023.
• No death was recorded in week 5, with a CFR of 0.0% same as CFR of 0.0% that was reported in week 4, 2023.
• Overall, since the re-emergence of Mpox in September 2017, 2893 suspected cases have been reported from 36 states and FCT in the country. Of these 2893 suspected cases, 1022 (35.3%) were confirmed (with males predominantly affected) from 34 states and FCT. Sixteen (16) deaths have been recorded since the re-emergence in 2017.
• The National Mpox multi-partner, multi-sectoral Technical Working Group (TWG) continues to coordinate the response activities at all levels.