ABUJA: The death toll from the Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, has risen to 172 since the beginning of this year, public health authorities said.
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said on Wednesday in its latest update that 924 confirmed cases out of 8, 041 suspected cases were reported between January and October across 106 local government areas in 21 of the country's 36 states, Xinhua news agency reported.
The agency said that the case fatality rate stood at 18.6 per cent, higher than the 17 per cent recorded during the same period in 2024.