Highlights for today (19 January 2016):
i. One (1) new confirmed case was reported from Edo state today.
ii. Five (5) new suspected cases were reported from the following states: Bauchi (2); Kano (1); Ekiti (1) and Kogi (1).
iii. Two (2) new deaths were reported today from the following states: Ekiti (1) and Edo (1).
iv. Four (4) new rumours are being investigated in the following state: Bauchi (1); Rivers (1) and Zamfara (2).
v. Emergency National Council on Health (NCH) convened today by the Honourable Minister of Health and Lassa Fever Eradication committee inaugurated vi. Outbreak investigation is ongoing in the states and retrospective cases which fit the standard case definition for suspected case are being updated
Epidemiologic summary: Suspected Cases: 218; Total deaths (confirmed and suspected): 79 (CFR: 36.24%) Confirmed cases: 42; Deaths in confirmed cases: 25