In its most recent situation report, the country reported 811 confirmed Lassa fever cases and 152 fatalities this year, according to the Nigerian Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC).
Ondo, Edo, and Benue States reported 11 new confirmed cases in the Lassa Fever Situation Report for Week 28 (7th–13 July, 2025), which was released on Monday.
Lassa fever is related to 811 confirmed cases and 152 deaths, according to the NCDC. The Case Fatality Rate (CFR) is 18.7%, which is higher than the 17.3% that were reported in the same time in 202.9% of cases that have been confirmed are from Ondo, Bauchi, Edo, Taraba, and Ebonyi.
Additionally, the report further revealed that 105 local government areas and 21 states each had at least one confirmed case in total for 2025.
Additionally, same number of new confirmed cases were present as in 2025’s epi week 27.
In high-burden states, the NCDC organized a Lassa fever Environmental Response Campaign. However, it lamented that the rate of fatalities had increased as a result of late diagnosis.
Additionally, high-burden communities reported poor health-seeking behavior as a result of the high cost of Lassa fever treatment and clinical management, poor environmental sanitation practices, and poor awareness of the condition.
Therefore, the NCDC urged the general public to report suspected cases of people who had diarrhoea, myalgia, chest pain, sore throat, cough, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, myalgia, chest pain, and hearing loss.
Lassa fever is an acute viral condition brought on by the Lassa virus, according to the World Health Organization.
It is endemic in Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and other West African nations, and is thought to be the same thing.
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