Lassa fever has claimed 41 lives from 93 reported cases in 10 of the 36 states, the Federal government said yesterday.
Last Friday, the government put the death toll at 40 out of 86 reported cases but the number of the suspected cases also rose to 93.
Minister of Health Prof. Isaac Adewole gave the update on the ravaging disease and the plans to curb it, at a joint ministerial news conference in Abuja.
He listed the affected states as Bauchi, Nasarawa, Niger, Taraba, Kano, Rivers, Edo, Plateau, Gombe and Oyo.
He however said there were no new confirmed cases or death in the last 48 hours.
He did not disclose the state from which the additional life was lost.
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