Lassa fever fatality rate rises in 2025 despite decline in cases – NCDC

Nigeria recorded 206 deaths from Lassa fever in 2025 as of epidemiological week 51, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC). Despite a decline in reported infections, the disease’s case fatality rate (CFR) rose to 18.4 per cent, higher than the 16.4 per cent recorded during the...