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NCDC: Lassa Fever Deaths Rise in Nigeria 

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said Lassa fever fatalities have risen sharply in 2026, in spite of a decline in new confirmed cases in the latest reporting week.



The NCDC in its Epidemiological week 13 report on Thursday in Abuja, disclosed that 167 deaths have been recorded so far within the year.



The Nigerian Public Health Institute said the case fatality rate (CFR) is 25.2 per cent, significantly higher than the 18.5 per cent recorded during the same pe

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