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Table 2 Percent Number of Confirmed Deaths from LF in Nigeria

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

States

Total Number of Confirmed Death

Total

2017

2018

2019

2020

Abia

1 (0.80)

1 (0.64)

2 (1.28)

4 (0.78)

Adamawa

2 (1.60)

1 (0.64)

1 (0.64)

4 (0.78)

Akwa Ibom

Anambra

1 (1.27)

1 (0.80)

1 (0.64)

3 (0.58)

Bauchi

7 (8.86)

12 (9.60)

8 (5.13)

9 (5.77)

36 (6.98)

Bayelsa

Benue

1 (0.80)

5 (3.21)

3 (1.92)

9 (1.74)

Borno

1 (0.64)

1 (0.19)

Cross River

2 (2.53)

1 (0.64)

3 (0.58)

Delta

2 (1.60)

6 (3.85)

8 (1.55)

Ebonyi

1 (1.27)

23 (18.40)

17 (10.90)

13 (8.33)

54 (10.47)

Edo

17 (21.52)

24 (19.20)

44 (28.21)

21 (13.46)

106 (20.54)

Ekiti

1 (0.80)

1 (0.19)

Enugu

1 (0.80)

1 (0.64)

2 (1.28)

4 (0.78)

FCT

3 (2.40)

2 (1.28)

2 (1.28)

7 (1.36)

Gombe

1 (1.27)

4 (3.20)

1 (0.64)

1 (0.64)

7 (1.36)

Imo

Jigawa

Kaduna

2 (2.53)

1 (0.80)

2 (1.28)

5 (0.97)

Kano

5 (6.33)

1 (0.64)

6 (1.16)

Katsina

2 (1.28)

2 (0.39)

Kebbi

1 (0.64)

1 (0.64)

2 (0.39)

Kogi

1 (1.27)

4 (3.20)

3 (1.92)

5 (3.21)

13 (2.52)

Kwara

Lagos

3 (3.80)

3 (0.58)

Nasarawa

6 (7.59)

3 (2.40)

4 (2.56)

4 (2.56)

17 (3.29)

Niger

Ogun

2 (2.53)

2 (0.39)

Ondo

11 (13.92)

25 (20.00)

45 (28.85)

50 (32.05)

131 (25.39)

Osun

1 (0.80)

1 (0.19)

Oyo

1 (0.64)

1 (0.64)

2 (0.39)

Plateau

8 (10.13)

9 (7.20)

10 (6.41)

5 (3.21)

32 (6.20)

Rivers

1 (0.80)

2 (1.28)

3 (1.92)

6 (1.16)

Sokoto

1 (0.64)

1 (0.19)

Taraba

12 (15.19)

6 (4.80)

8 (5.13)

19 (12.18)

45 (8.72)

Yobe

Zamfara

1 (0.64)

1 (0.19)

Total

79

125

156

156

516