Nigeria Records 84 Cases Of Monkeypox, Three Deaths

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has revealed that 84 cases of Monkeypox have been confirmed in Nigeria and three deaths from the beginning of the year to July 3

“There were 41 suspected cases reported in Epi week 26, 2022 ( June 27 to July 3, 2022) from 20 states – Nasarawa (6), Lagos (4), Delta (4), Adamawa (3), Ondo (3), Borno (2), Ebonyi (2), Edo (2), Kwara (2), Oyo (2), Taraba (2), Akwa Ibom (1), Cross River (1), Benue (1), FCT (1), Kano (1), Kebbi (1), Ogun (1), Plateau (1), and Rivers (1),” the NCDC disclosed,

The agency said out of the 41 suspected cases, there were 21 new positive cases in the reported week from 11 states – Nasarawa (4), Adamawa (3), Borno (2), Delta (2), Edo (2), Kwara (2), Lagos (2), FCT (1), Ondo (1), Plateau (1), and Rivers (1).

“From January 1 to July 3, 2022, there have been 245 suspected cases and 84 confirmed cases (57 male, 27 female) from 21 states -Lagos (13), Adamawa (9), Delta (7), Nasarawa (7), Edo (6), Rivers (6), Bayelsa (5), Plateau (5), FCT (5), Cross River (3), Kwara (3), Borno (2), Imo (2), Kano (2), Ondo (2), Taraba (2), Anambra (1), Katsina (1), Niger (1), Oyo (1), and Ogun (1). Three deaths were recorded.

“Overall and since the re-emergence of Monkeypox from September 2017 to July 3, 2022, a total of 757 suspected cases have been reported from 34 states in the country,” the centre added,