Lassa fever death toll in Nigeria increases to 161 amid coronavirus cases
Lassa fever death cases in Nigeria have increased to 161, just
after 5 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in the country.
A new data that released by the Nigeria Center for Disease
Control (NCDC) showed a total of 3,735 suspected cases, 906 confirmed cases (11
possible) and 161 deaths has been accounted for in 123 local government areas
in 27 states. The new figures represent the total cases from the beginning of
the year till March 15.
Same time in 2019, a total of 1801 suspected cases with 495
confirmed cases and 114 deaths were reported in 73 local government areas in 21
states.
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