A total of 157 Monkeypox cases has been confirmed across 26 states in the country by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
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| Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 157 cases of the monkey virus across 26 states in Nigeria. Photo: iStock |
This was revealed in the NCDC’s latest monkeypox situation report for week 30 on its official Twitter account.
The report says, four deaths were recorded in four states – Lagos, Delta, Ondo and Akwa Ibom – one death each, from January 1 to July 31, 2022.
Nigeria has at least 413 suspected monkeypox cases so far.
According to the report: “There were fifty-six (56) new suspected cases reported in Epi week 30, 2022 (25th to 31st July 2022) from nineteen (19) states – Ondo (13), Plateau (8), Lagos (6), Adamawa (4), Abia (3), Borno (3), Delta (2), Kano (3), Anambra (2), Bayelsa (2), Kwara (2), Akwa Ibom (1), Gombe (1), Imo (1), Nasarawa (1), Osun (1), Oyo (1), Rivers (1) and Taraba (1).
“Of fifty-six (56)suspected cases, there were twenty-four (24) new confirmed positive cases in Epi week 30, 2022 from twelve (12) states – Ondo (5), Kano (3), Lagos (3), Abia (2), Adamawa (2), Bayelsa (2), Kwara (2), Delta (1), Anambra (1), Gombe (1), Rivers (1) and Nasarawa (1).
“From 1st January to 31st July 2022, there have now been 413 suspected cases and 157 confirmed cases (105 male, 52 female) from twenty-six (26) states – Lagos (20), Ondo (14), Adamawa (13), Delta (12), Bayelsa (12), Rivers (11), Edo (8), Nasarawa (8), Plateau (6), Anambra (6), FCT (5), Taraba (5), Kwara (5), Kano (5), Imo (4), Cross River (3), Borno (3), Oyo (3), Abia (3), Gombe (3), Katsina (2), Kogi (2), Niger (1), Ogun (1), Bauchi (1) and Akwa Ibom (1).
“Four deaths were recorded from 4 states – Delta (1), Lagos (1), Ondo (1), and Akwa Ibom (1).
“Overall, since the re-emergence of monkeypox in September 2017 and to 31st July 2022, a total of 925 suspected cases have been reported from 35 states in the country.”
As revealed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on its official Twitter account ⬇️
Our #Monkeypox situation report as of 31st July has been published.
This situation report provides a summary of the current situation of #Monkeypox in Nigeria, and our preparedness & response activities.
Download via:https://t.co/e73aeTJbpJ pic.twitter.com/yRmvDYwTRN
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) August 8, 2022
