The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 23 newcases of Lassa fever that were recorded between February 18 and24. The centre’s Chief Executive Officer Chikwe Ihekweazu, whomade this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja said that 1,279 suspectedcases had been reported from 32 states and Abuja from January 1 toFebruary 24. He said that 381 of the figure were confirmed positive, 15probable and 858 negative. According to Ihekweazu, from the onset of the 2019 outbreak,there have been 83 deaths in confirmed cases. He added that the case fatalityratio in confirmed cases is 21.8 per cent. He said that Edo, Ondo, Bauchi, Nasarawa, Ebonyi, Plateau,Taraba, FCT, Adamawa, Gombe, Kaduna, Kwara, Benue, Rivers, Kogi, Enugu, Imo,Delta, Oyo, Kebbi and Cross River, had recorded at least one confirmed case in66 local government areas. He, however, noted that in reporting week 08, twonew health workers were affected in Edo.