Highlights for today (20 January 2016):
i. Two (2) new confirmed cases were reported from Osun (1) and Gombe (1) states today.
ii. Eighteen (18) new suspected cases were reported from the following states: Niger (1); Kano (1);
Rivers (1), Oyo (3) Plateau (4), Nassarawa (1), Ondo (2), Ebonyi (1) and Gombe (4).
iii. Four (4) new deaths were reported today from the following states: Plateau (1); Ekiti (1); Ebonyi (1) and Osun (1).
iv. Four (4) new rumours are being investigated in the following state: Bauchi (2); Oyo (1) and Kogi (1).
v. 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: 239; Total deaths (confirmed and suspected): 82 (CFR: 34.31%) Confirmed cases: 44; Deaths in confirmed cases: 26