Nigeria, Jan. 7 -- 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 same period in 2024.

The agency disclosed this in its latest Lassa Fever Situation Report, covering 15 to 21 December 2025.

According to the report, 21 new confirmed cases were recorded in week 51, representing a decline from 28 cases in the previous epidemiological week.

The cases were reported in Bauchi, Ondo, Taraba, Edo, Kogi, Ebonyi and Plateau states, spanning 14 local government areas.

Within the same...