Nigeria, Sept. 17 -- The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported a higher case fatality rate (CFR) from Lassa fever in 2025 compared to the same period last year, despite a slight decline in overall confirmed cases.

In its latest situation report covering epidemiological week 35, the agency said 162 deaths have been recorded in 2025, representing a CFR of 18.6 per cent.

This is higher than the 17.1 per cent recorded within the same period in 2024.

Eight hundred seventy-one confirmed cases have also been reported this year, lower than the 982 cases recorded within the same period in 2024.

However, suspected and probable cases remain widespread, with 7,375 suspected infections logged across 21 states and 10...