- Total Deaths: 170.
- Confirmed Cases: 663.
- Case Fatality Rate (CFR): 25.2% (significantly higher than 18.5% in 2025).
- Impacted States: 22 States (with 94 LGAs affected).
- Epicenters: Ondo, Edo, Bauchi, Taraba, and Benue states.
- Demographics: The 21–30 age group is the most affected.
- Worker Infection: 6 healthcare workers were infected in a single week reported in March.
- Declining Weekly Cases: Despite a rising cumulative death toll, weekly confirmed cases declined from 51 in week 13 to 22 in week 14.
- High Risk Period: Cases tend to rise annually during the dry season.
- Cause: The illness is transmitted through food or household items contaminated by rodent urine/faeces.
- Surveillance and contact tracing have been intensified.
- The Lassa Fever Situation Report provides regular updates from the NCDC.
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I rejected requests by parents to transfer their children to medicine, law – ABSU VC
