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Table 1 Percent Number of Confirmed Cases of LASV in Nigeria

From: Infection pattern, case fatality rate and spread of Lassa virus in Nigeria

States

Total Number of Confirmed Cases

Total

2017

2018

2019

2020

Abia

1 (0.19)

1 (0.13)

6 (0.52)

8 (0.29)

Adamawa

3 (0.57)

1 (0.13)

7 (0.60)

11 (0.39)

Akwa Ibom

Anambra

1 (0.34)

6 (1.14)

2 (0.17)

9 (0.32)

Bauchi

11 (3.69)

23 (4.36)

55 (6.91)

45 (3.86)

134 (4.81)

Bayelsa

Benue

1 (0.19)

8 (1.01)

9 (0.77)

18 (0.65)

Borno

1 (0.34)

5 (0.43)

6 (0.22)

Cross River

2 (0.67)

1 (0.13)

1 (0.09)

4 (0.14)

Delta

7 (1.33)

2 (0.25)

16 (1.37)

25 (0.90)

Ebonyi

5 (1.68)

61 (11.55)

53 (6.66)

82 (7.04)

201 (7.21)

Edo

112 (37.58)

218 (41.29)

289 (36.31)

386 (33.13)

1005 (36.06)

Ekiti

2 (0.38)

2 (0.07)

Enugu

1 (0.34)

1 (0.19)

2 (0.25)

10 (0.86)

14 (0.50)

FCT

5 (0.95)

3 (0.38)

3 (0.26)

11 (0.39)

Gombe

1 (0.34)

4 (0.76)

4 (0.50)

11 (0.94)

20 (0.72)

Imo

5 (0.95)

1 (0.13)

6 (0.22)

Jigawa

Kaduna

4 (1.34)

1 (0.19)

3 (0.38)

7 (0.60)

15 (0.54)

Kano

7 (2.35)

1 (0.19)

7 (0.60)

15 (0.54)

Katsina

6 (0.52)

6 (0.22)

Kebbi

7 (0.88)

4 (0.34)

11 (0.39)

Kogi

2 (0.67)

7 (1.33)

4 (0.50)

37 (3.18)

50 (1.79)

Kwara

2 (0.67)

2 (0.25)

4 (0.14)

Lagos

11 (3.69)

1 (0.19)

1 (0.09)

13 (0.47)

Nasarawa

15 (5.03)

5 (0.95)

6 (0.75)

9 (0.77)

35 (1.26)

Niger

Ogun

7 (2.35)

2 (0.17)

9 (0.32)

Ondo

69 (23.15)

138 (26.14)

273 (34.30)

399 (34.25)

879 (31.54)

Osun

2 (0.38)

2 (0.17)

4 (0.14)

Oyo

2 (0.25)

1 (0.09)

3 (0.11)

Plateau

21 (7.05)

15 (2.84)

35 (4.40)

34 (2.92)

105 (3.77)

Rivers

2 (0.67)

1 (0.19)

3 (0.38)

9 (0.77)

15 (0.54)

Sokoto

6 (0.52)

6 (0.22)

Taraba

24 (8.05)

20 (3.79)

40 (5.03)

58 (4.98)

142 (5.10)

Yobe

Zamfara

1 (0.13)

1 (0.04)

Total

298

528

796

1165

2787