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Cholera Outbreak: Death toll hits 29, suspected cases soar to 579 in Lagos

Biola Adebayo Jun 24, 2024

The death toll in the Cholera outbreak in Lagos has risen to 29, with suspected cases soaring to 579 and confirmed cases hitting 43. Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi disclosed this on Monday at a news conference to give an…
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Heatwave: Hajj pilgrims’ death toll exceeds 1000 in Saudi Arabia

solacebase.com Jun 20, 2024

The death toll from this year’s hajj has exceeded 1,000, an AFP tally said on Thursday, more than half of them unregistered worshippers who performed the pilgrimage in extreme heat in Saudi Arabia. The new deaths reported Thursday…
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Death Toll From Lassa Fever Outbreak Hits 173

Muhammed Yakubu Mar 27, 2020

The death toll from the Lassa fever outbreak of Lassa fever has risen to 173, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said. The NCDC said that this represents a Case Fatality Rate (CFR), of 18.9 per cent. Dr Chikwe…
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