Outbreak Updates
20 October 2020
Lassa fever in Nigeria
As of 11 October 2020, a total of five new confirmed cases of Lassa fever with one death were reported from three states - Ondo (three cases with one death), Edo (one case), and Ebonyi (one case) in week ending 11 October 2020. So far this year, a total of 1,117 cases (1,103 confirmed and 14 probable) with 242 deaths have been reported from 129 Local Government Areas across 27 states in Nigeria.
