Mpox has spread to 25 states, the Federal Capital Territory, and 63 local government areas across the country.
This is according to the Mpox situation report issued by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday.
This was despite the fact that 94 verified cases had been reported out of a total of 1,297 suspected cases between January 1 and October 6, 2024.
According to the study, 47 additional suspected cases were reported in epidemiology week 40, 2024, compared to 67 in week 39.
However, it was noted that six confirmed Mpox cases were reported in week 40, compared to ten confirmed cases in week 39 of 2024.
“Twenty-five states and the FCT have recorded at least one confirmed case across 63 LGAs in 2024.
“Since September 2017, 5,114 suspected cases have been reported from 36 states and the 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 and multi-partner Emergency Operation Centre continues to coordinate the response.”
It clarified that 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); and 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).
However, Ogun leads with the number 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); and Benue (21).
Other states with suspected Mpox 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).
