The states include Lagos (one), Rivers (two), Bayelsa (six), Abia (one), Delta (two), Imo (one), Edo (one), FCT (two), Anambra (two), Cross River (five).
Others are; Plateau (two), Akwa Ibom (four), Nasarawa (one), Oyo (one), Kaduna (one), Ebonyi (one), Benue (three), Enugu (eight), Osun (two), Kebbi (one), and Zamfara (one).
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) made the revelation in the Mpox situation report for week 34 (August 25) posted on the agency’s website on Friday.
No death has been recorded from the disease so far this year, according to the report.
It said, “57 new suspected cases were reported in Epi week 34, 2024, compared with 25 cases reported in the previous week (Epi week 33).
“Eight confirmed cases were reported in week 34 compared with one (1) confirmed case reported in week 33, 2024.
“Twenty States and the FCT have recorded at least one confirmed case across thirty-five (35) Local Government Areas in 2024,” the report partly read.
The age distribution of the cumulative number of confirmed Mpox cases showed that 17 cases were recorded among ages 0-10, seven cases were recorded among ages 11-20, nine cases were recorded among 21-30, eight cases were recorded among ages 31-40, and seven cases were recorded among ages 41-50.
The Nigerian government had received 10,000 doses of the Mpox vaccine from the U.S. government, delivered through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), to bolster its response to the current mpox outbreak.
Mpox is an infectious viral disease that affects humans and animals and can be transmitted through close contact, including sexual interactions.
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