Lagos, Abia lead as monkeypox cases in Nigeria rise to 604

November 23, 2022 1:38 pm

A total of 19 new monkeypox cases have been recorded in Nigeria.

According to the latest situation report by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), new cases were reported in eight states from October 24 to October 30.

The states include Lagos (6), Bayelsa (3), Delta (2), Imo (2), Kaduna (2), Abia (1), FCT (1), Ogun (1) and Plateau (1).

These new cases bring the tally of monkeypox infections in 2022 to 604, with 31 states reporting cases.

“From 1st January to 30th October 2022, Nigeria has recorded 1549 suspected cases with 604 confirmed cases (397 male, 207 female) from thirty-one (31) states and FCT – Lagos (154), Abia (46), Bayelsa (36), Imo (33), Rivers (31), Ondo (30), Ogun (28), Delta (26), Edo (21), Anambra (21), FCT (19), Adamawa (16), Nasarawa (14), Plateau (13), Kaduna (12), Akwa Ibom (11), Benue (10), Oyo (10), Ebonyi (9), Cross River (9), Kwara (8), Borno (8), Katsina (8), Taraba (7), Gombe (6), Kano (5), Kogi (4), Osun (4), Kebbi (2), Niger (1), Bauchi (1) and Enugu (1),” the report reads.

“Seven (7) associated deaths were recorded from 7 states in 2022 – Delta (1), Lagos (1), Ondo (1) and Akwa Ibom (1), Kogi (1), Taraba (1) and Imo (1).

“Overall, since the re-emergence of monkeypox in September 2017, 2061 suspected cases have been reported from 36 states and FCT in the country with 830 (40.3%) confirmed (550 male, 280 female) from 32 states and FCT – Lagos (184), Rivers (83), Bayelsa (76), Delta (55), Abia (49), Imo (41), Edo (31), Ondo (30), Ogun (29), FCT (25), Cross River (23), Anambra (23), Akwa Ibom (18), Adamawa (16), Oyo (16), Nasarawa (16), Plateau (16), Benue (12), Kaduna (12), Ebonyi (10), Kwara (8), Borno (8), Katsina (8), Taraba (7), Gombe (6), Kano (5), Enugu (5), Kogi (4), Osun (4), Ekiti (2), Niger (2), Kebbi (2)and Bauchi (1).

“Fifteen (15) deaths have been recorded since September 2017 (CFR= 1.8%) in eleven states – Lagos (3), Edo (2), Imo (2), Cross River (1), FCT (1), Rivers (1), Ondo (1) Delta (1), Akwa Ibom (1), Taraba (1) and Kogi (1).”