By Iffy.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 41 new, confirmed cases of the Monkeypox disease, from 12 states across the country, between August 29 and September 4, 2022.
According to reports the states are: Lagos (14), Abia (7), Imo (6), Ogun (5), Ondo (2), Akwa Ibom (1), Borno (1), Delta (1), Osun (1), Oyo (1), Plateau (1) and Rivers (1).
Nigeria therefore, in total has recorded 815 suspected cases, 318 confirmed cases and seven (7) deaths from Monkeypox this year. These deaths were recorded from seven states, to include Delta (1), Lagos (1), Ondo (1) and Akwa Ibom (1), Kogi (1), Taraba (1) and Imo (1), with Case Fatality Ratio (CFR) of 2.2 per cent.
Since 2017 till date, four states – Lagos (93), Rivers (71), Bayelsa (62) and Delta (44), accounted for 270 cases out of 544 cases of Monkeypox in the country, which translates to approximately 50 per cent (49.6 per cent) of the total number of confirmed cases.
The World Health Organization (WHO), as of September 28, 2022, has confirmed on a
Global scale, reports from 106 countries, recording a total of 67,556 laboratory confirmed cases and 3,193 probable cases, including 27 deaths.
