Lassa fever has claimed 41 lives from 93 reported cases in 10 of the 36 states, the Federal government said yesterday.
Last Friday, the government put the death toll at 40 out of 86 reported cases but the number of the suspected cases also rose to 93.
Minister of Health Prof. Isaac Adewole gave the update on the ravaging disease and the plans to curb it, at a joint ministerial news conference in Abuja.
He listed the affected states as Bauchi, Nasarawa, Niger, Taraba, Kano, Rivers, Edo, Plateau, Gombe and Oyo.
He however said there were no new confirmed cases or death in the last 48 hours.
He did not disclose the state from which the additional life was lost.
He noted that the disease is different from Ebola and so it will be treated differently; explaining that unlike
Ebola which had a single entry point into the country, Lassa Fever has multiple outbreak and has been restricted to rural areas.
Adewole blamed the states for the heavy casualty for failing to notify his office on time but assured Nigerians that there was no need to panic as the government has the capacity to deal with the outbreak.
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