The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 36 new cases of monkeypox in 15 states across the country.
The agency revealed in a recent tweet that the number of suspected cases increased from 110 to 141, adding that the confirmed cases were recorded between January 1 and June 12 this year.
According to the NCDC, Monkeypox has caused an unprecedented outbreak of hundreds of infections in no fewer than 30 countries where it was previously not known.
The breakdown of the figure reveals the following: Lagos (7), Adamawa (5), Delta (3), River (3), Cross River (2), FCT (2), Kano (2), Bayelsa (2), Edo (2), Imo (2), Plateau (2), Nasarawa (1), Niger (1), Oyo (1) and Ondo (1).
The agency said: “One death was recorded in a 40-year-old man with co-morbidity that was receiving immunosuppressive drugs.
“Overall and from September 2017 to 12th June 2022, a total of 653 suspected cases were reported from 33 states in the country.
“Of the reported cases, 262 (40.1%) have been confirmed in 23 states – Rivers (55), Bayelsa (45), Lagos (37), Delta (32), Cross River (16), Edo (12), Imo (10), Akwa Ibom (7), Oyo (7), FCT (8), Plateau (5), Adamawa (5), Enugu (4), Abia (3), Nasarawa (3), Benue (2), Anambra (2), Ekiti (2), Kano (2), Niger (2), Ebonyi (1), Ogun (1) and Ondo (1).
“In addition, from September 2017 to June 12th, 2022, a total of nine (9) deaths have been recorded (CFR= 3.4%) in six states – Lagos (3), Edo (2), Imo (1), Cross River (1), FCT (1) and Rivers (1).”
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