The death toll of Lassa fever in Nigeria so far this year has risen to 151 from the previous 148, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.
In its 14th-week Lassa fever situation report, the NCDC said there had been a total of 869 confirmed cases recorded from 26 states and 101 local government areas from January 1 to April 9, 2023.
A total of 4,555 suspected cases were recorded during the period under review.
With the current death toll, the public health institution noted that the case-fatality ratio of the outbreak stood at 17.4 per cent.
