NCDC reports 41 new monkeypox cases, seven deaths

October 02

16:10 2022

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A total of 41 new cases of monkeypox have been recorded in Nigeria within a week, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

The agency, in its latest monkeypox situation report, said 111 new suspected cases were recorded between August 29 and September 4, 2022, of which 41 cases were confirmed positive from 12 states.

These states include;

S/N	States	Number of confirmed cases
1.	Lagos	14
2.	Abia	7
3.	Imo	6
4.	Ogun	5
5.	Ondo	2
6.	Akwa Ibom	1
7.	Borno	1
8.	Delta	1
9.	Osun	1
10.	Oyo	1
11.	Plateau	1
12.	Rivers	1

The new figure raises the total number of confirmed monkeypox cases in the country to 318.

“From 1st January to 4th September 2022, Nigeria has recorded 815 suspected cases with 318 confirmed cases (210 male, 108 female) from thirty (30) states – Lagos (63), Ondo (24), Abia (22), Bayelsa (19), Rivers (19), Imo (17), Edo (16), Adamawa (15), Delta (15), Ogun (12), FCT (11), Anambra (10), Nasarawa (9), Plateau (7), Oyo (6), Taraba (5), Kwara (5), Kano (5), Gombe (5), Ebonyi (5), Katsina (5), Cross River (4), Benue (4), Borno (3), Kogi (3), Akwa Ibom (3), Osun (2), Niger (1), Bauchi (1), and Kaduna (1),” the report reads.

According to the NCDC, one death has been recorded across seven different states in 2022. The states include Delta, Lagos, Ondo, Akwa Ibom, Kogi, Taraba and Imo.

“Since the re-emergence of monkeypox in September 2017, 1327 suspected cases have been reported from 36 states in the country. 544 (41.0%) confirmed (358 male, 186 female) from 32 states – Lagos (93), Rivers (71), Bayelsa (62), Delta (44), Edo (26), Imo (25), Abia (25), Ondo (24), Cross River (18), FCT (17), Adamawa (15), Ogun (13), Anambra (12), Oyo (12), Nasarawa (11), Plateau (10), Akwa Ibom (10), Benue (6), Ebonyi (6), Kano (5), Taraba (5), Kwara (5), Gombe (5), Katsina (5), Enugu (4), Borno (4), Kogi (3), Ekiti (2), Niger (2), Osun (2), Bauchi (1) and Kaduna (1),” the report reads.

“Since 2017, five (5) states (Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara, Jigawa, Yobe) are yet to record a confirmed case, while One (1) state (Jigawa) is yet to report a suspected case. In 2022, Seven (7) states are yet to record a confirmed case (Enugu, Ekiti, Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara, Yobe & Jigawa)

“Fifteen (15) deaths have been recorded since September 2017 (case fatality rate= 2.8%) 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).”