According to reports from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention – (NCDC), taking precaution is sternly advised as Mpox has now spread to 25 states and the Federal Capital Territory, making impacts across 63 local government areas in Nigeria.
Data reviewed on Tuesday by the disease control and prevention body was highlighted as follows:
- 47 new suspected cases were reported in Epi week 40, 2024, compared with 67† cases reported in the previous week (Epi week 39).
- Six (6) confirmed cases were reported in week 40 compared with ten (10) † confirmed case reported in week 39, 2024.
- Twenty-five (25) States + FCT have recorded at least one confirmed case across sixty-three (63) Local Government Areas in 2024
- Since September 2017, 5114 suspected cases have been reported from 36 states and FCT, with 1180 confirmed cases (23.1%) from 35 States and FCT with seventeen (17) deaths. Males (~70%) are predominantly affected.
- The National Mpox multi-sectoral & multi-partner Emergency Operation Centre (EOC), continues to coordinate the response.
It was further established that 94 confirmed cases have been reported out of the 1,297 suspected cases recorded so far from January 1 to October 6, 2024.
According to the report, 47 new suspected cases were reported in Epidemiology week 40, 2024, compared with 67 cases reported in week 39.
The report, however, deduced that six confirmed cases were reported in week 40 compared with 10 confirmed cases reported in week 39, 2024.
“Twenty-five states and the FCT have recorded at least one confirmed case across 63 LGAs in 2024.
“Since September 2017, 5,114 suspected cases have been reported from 36 states and FCT, with 1,180 confirmed cases (23.1 per cent), from 35 states and the FCT with 17 deaths. Males (~70 per cent) are predominantly affected, as stated in the data.
“The National Mpox multi-sectoral & multi-partner Emergency Operation Centre continues to
coordinate the response.”
It submitted week 39 had a backlog of 13 reported cases (four confirmed cases).
The states with confirmed cases are:
- Cross-River (11);
- Lagos (10);
- Plateau (eight);
- Enugu (eight);
- Akwa-Ibom (eight);
- Delta (six);
- Bayelsa (six);
- FCT (five);
- Imo (four);
- Benue (four);
- Rivers (three);
- Abia (three).
The list continues with
- Osun (two);
- Ogun (two);
- Edo (two);
- Anambra (two);
- Zamfara (one);
- Oyo (one);
- Niger (one);
- Nasarawa (one);
- Kebbi (one);
- Katsina (one);
- Kaduna (one);
- Gombe (one);
- Ebonyi (one);
- and Adamawa (one).
Ogun takes the lead with the number of suspected cases of 222; followed by Lagos (153); Bayelsa (125); Cross River (84); Akwa Ibom (65); Ekiti (63); Enugu (59); Osun (56); Ondo (41); Delta (38); Imo (36); Abia (34); Plateau (34); FCT (28); Rivers (27); Anambra (24); Adamawa (22); Benue (21).
Other states with suspected cases are Kebbi (19); Edo (17); Oyo (16); Gombe (16); Nasarawa (14); Ebonyi (11); Kaduna (10); Kogi (nine); Zamfara (nine); Katsina (nine); Taraba (eight); Kwara (six); Bauchi (six); Kano (five); Jigawa (four); Sokoto (three); Yobe (one); Borno (one); and Niger (one).
According to the NCDC, the age distribution of cumulative number of confirmed cases in 2024 showed that ages:
- 0-10 recorded 24 cases;
- 11-20 recorded 15 cases;
- 21-30 recorded 25;
- 31-40 recorded 14 cases;
- 41-50 recorded 12 cases;
- 50 and above recorded four cases.
