Nigeria, July 30 -- Ondo State has continued to witness an upsurge in Lassa fever cases, with seven new cases in the latest assessment.

The state now has the highest number of cases nationwide, with 260 cases and a cumulative fatality of 31.

This was contained in the report of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention(NCDC) for Week 28.

NCDC reports that 11 new cases were confirmed nationally during the week under review, with seven of them from Ondo State.

The newly recorded cases were detected across Ondo, Edo, and Benue States.

However, Ondo State alone continues to bear the brunt of the outbreak, contributing 32 per cent of all confirmed Lassa fever cases nationwide in 2025.

It is followed by Bauchi (23 per cent), Ed...