M-Pox cases surge with Cross River, Lagos among most affected

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has said M-Pox has dispersed to 25 states and the Federal Capital Territory crossed 63 section authorities areas successful the country.

NCDC said 94 confirmed cases person been reported retired of the 1,297 suspected cases recorded truthful acold from January 1 to October 6, 2024.

The bureau noted that 47 caller suspected cases were reported successful Epidemiology week 40, 2024, compared with 67 cases reported successful week 39.

It, however, explained that six confirmed cases were reported successful week 40 compared with 10 confirmed cases reported successful week 39, 2024.

“Twenty-five states and the FCT person recorded astatine slightest 1 confirmed lawsuit crossed 63 LGAs successful 2024.

“Since September 2017, 5,114 suspected cases person been reported from 36 states and FCT, with 1,180 confirmed cases (23.1 percent) from 35 states and the FCT with 17 deaths. Males (~70 percent) are predominantly affected.

“The National Mpox multi-sectoral & multi-partner Emergency Operation Centre continues to coordinate the response,” NCDC said.

According to the agency, 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).

Others are 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).

Meanwhile, Ogun leads with the fig of suspected cases with 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).

The property organisation of cumulative fig of confirmed cases successful 2024 showed that ages 0-10 recorded 24 cases; ages 11-20 recorded 15 cases; ages 21-30 recorded 25; ages 31-40 recorded 14 cases; ages 41-50 recorded 12 cases; ages 50 and supra recorded 4 cases.