241 instances of monkeypox have been confirmed by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, up from 220 so far this year.
The confirmed cases were reported from 30 states throughout the nation, according to the NCDC’s most recent report on the illness for week 33, which was posted on its website.
There are 604 suspected cases of the infection, to be exact.
Monkeypox is a rare viral zoonotic infectious disease, meaning it can spread from animals to people. It mostly affects isolated communities in Central and West Africa that are close to tropical rainforests.
The report read in part, “74 new suspected cases were reported in Epi week 33, 2022 (August 15 to 21, 2022) from 28 states – Lagos (14), Ogun (6), Imo (6), Ondo (4), Adamawa (3), Akwa Ibom (3), Anambra (3), Ebonyi (3), Edo (3), Katsina (3), Bauchi (2), Cross River (2), Delta (2), Ekiti (2), Federal Capital Territory (2), Kaduna (2), Kogi (2), Osun (2), Abia (1), Borno (1), Kwara (1), Nasarawa (1), Oyo (1), Plateau (1), Rivers (1), Taraba (1), Yobe (1) and Zamfara (1).
“Of the 74 suspected cases, 21 new confirmed positive cases were reported in Epi week 33, 2022 from 12 states – Lagos (7), Adamawa (2), Ebonyi (2), Imo (2), Akwa Ibom (1), Anambra (1), Edo (1), FCT (1), Katsina (1), Kaduna (1), Kogi (1) and Ondo (1).
“From January 1 to August 21, 2022, there have now been 604 suspected cases and 241 confirmed cases (161 males, 80 females) from 30 states – Lagos (42), Ondo (19), Rivers (16), Adamawa (15), Bayelsa (14), Edo (13), Delta (12), FCT (11), Imo (10), Abia (9), Nasarawa (9), Anambra (9), Ogun (7), Plateau (6), Taraba (5), Kwara (5), Kano (5), Gombe (4), Cross River (4), Oyo (4), Katsina (4), Borno (3), Benue (3), Kogi (3), Ebonyi (3), Akwa Ibom (2), Bauchi (1), Niger (1), Osun (1) and Kaduna (1).
“Two new deaths were reported in Epi week 33; one each in Taraba and Kogi states. In summary, six deaths have been recorded in six states in 2022 – Delta (1), Lagos (1), Ondo (1) Akwa Ibom (1), Taraba (1) and Kogi (1) with a case fatality rate of 2.4 per cent.”
Additionally, according to the NCDC, there were 909 confirmed cases of Lassa fever in the nation in week 35 of 2022, up from the 899 instances that were reported in week 34.
The number of confirmed cases for week 35 is 544 more than the number of confirmed cases reported during the same time in 2021.
The center made this disclosure in its most recent illness situation report, which our correspondent got on Sunday.
According to the study, Ondo, Edo, and Nasarawa states each had ten new cases.
It also showed that there were 6,547 suspected cases of the disease in the country.
The breakdown of the confirmed cases showed that while 25 states had recorded at least one confirmed case across 101 local government areas, Ondo, Edo and Bauchi states alone accounted for 70 per cent of the confirmed cases.
One death was also recorded as the death toll hits 180, from the previous 179.
The report read in part, “In week 35, the number of new confirmed cases increased from five in week 34, 2022 to 10. These cases were reported in Ondo, Edo and Nasarawa states.
“Cumulatively from week 1 to week 35, 2022, 170 deaths have been reported with a case fatality rate of 18.7 per cent which is lower than the CFR for the same period in 2021 (22.7 per cent).
“In total for 2022, 25 states have recorded at least one confirmed case across 101 local government areas.
“Of all the confirmed cases, 70 per cent are from Ondo (31 per cent), Edo (26 per cent), and Bauchi (13 per cent).”
