Confirmed cases hit 81 in Edo

Edo State has recorded 10 new cases of Lassa fever, raising the number of confirmed infections in the country to 81 with eight deaths.

The Edo State Commissioner for Health, Obehi Akoria, disclosed this in a briefing with journalists on Sunday, adding that 10 new cases were confirmed in five local councils in the state.

The affected local government areas are Etsako West, Esan North East, Esan West, Akoko Edo, and Etsako Central.

breakdown

Breaking down, the commissioner said 81 cases were recorded in 11 local government areas of the state.

According to him, Etsako West recorded 33; West Esan, 19; Esan North East, 16; while Esan Tengah and Esan Tenggara recorded two cases.

Rejecting the increasing number of fatalities from the virus, the commissioner said that the country currently has a case fatality rate of 10 percent, adding that most of the recorded deaths are people who are sick and fail to report to the appropriate hospital for treatment until they are. complications developed.

Edo, the other two lead

According to data by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) Edo, Ondo, and Bauchi states continue to lead in the log of Lassa Fever cases in the country.

The Director General of NCDC, Ifedayo Adetifa, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja, noted that the three states account for 84 percent of Lassa fever infections in the country.

Mr. Adetifa said that between January 2 and 15, the state recorded 369 suspected Lassa fever cases, of which 105 were confirmed positive from 30 LGAs in 10 states.

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The NCDC boss noted that the 10 states are Ondo, Edo, Ebonyi, Bauchi, Benue, Kogi, Imo, Oyo, Plateau and Nasarawa States.

Lassa fever

Lassa fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic disease (profuse bleeding) that is transmitted to humans through contact with food or household items contaminated by infected rats or contaminated people.

Symptoms include fever, headache, sore throat, general body weakness, cough, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle pain, chest pain, and in severe cases, bleeding from the ears, eyes, nose, mouth, and other openings of the body that cannot be stopped. explained.

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