Nigeria records 100 new cases of Monkeypox

Nigeria has recorded 100 new suspected cases of the monkeypox virus, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has said.

The agency in charge of measuring the impact of communicable diseases also revealed through a report on its official website that these cases were flagged across 21 states of the federation.

These states include Lagos (17), Abia (16), Imo (14), Delta (7), Ondo (7), Bayelsa (5), Gombe (5), Rivers (4), Benue (3), Ebonyi (3), Edo (3), Plateau (3).

The FCT, Katsina, Osun, and Taraba, had a tally of (2) while Anambra, Enugu Kano, and Oyo all recorded a single case respectively.

It also disclosed that from “1st January to 28th August 2022, Nigeria has recorded 704 suspected cases with 277 confirmed cases (186 male, 91 female) from thirty (30) states – Lagos (49), Ondo (22), Bayelsa (19), Rivers (18), Edo (16), Adamawa (15), Abia (15), Delta (14), FCT (11), Imo (11), Anambra (10), Nasarawa (9), Ogun (7), Plateau (6), Taraba (5), Kwara (5), Kano (5), Gombe (5), Ebonyi (5), Oyo (5), Katsina (5), Cross River (4), Benue (4), Borno (3), Kogi (3), Akwa Ibom (2), Niger (1), Bauchi (1), Osun (1) and Kaduna (1).”

“Six (6) associated deaths were recorded from 6 states in 2022 – Delta (1), Lagos (1), Ondo (1) and Akwa Ibom (1), Kogi (1) and Taraba (1),” the statement read in part.

However, since the re-emergence of the outbreak in 2017, Five (5) states (Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara, Jigawa, Yobe) are yet to record a confirmed case, while two (2) states (Jigawa & Yobe) are yet to report a suspect case. In 2022, Seven (7) states are yet to record a confirmed case (Enugu, Ekiti, Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara.

Jigawa and Yobe are the only two states yet to report a suspected case.

1216 suspected cases have been reported from 35 states in the country since its re-emergence in September 2017. Of these, 503 (41%) confirmed cases were recorded with Male representing 66% (334) from 32 states.