Nigeria measles 2023
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) reports from January 1 to December 31, 2023, 19,470 total measles cases were reported, including 11,433 cases (58.72%) that were confirmed.
Borno (7,635), Yobe (1,325), Ogun (611), Zamfara (601), Zamfara (601), and Lagos (563) states accounted for 52.2% of the 19,470 total confirmed and suspected cases reported.
A total of 89 deaths (CFR = 1.1%) were recorded among the confirmed cases.
Health officials say 73 percent of the confirmed cases (8,380) were unvaccinated.
Two-thirds of the cases were in children ages 9 - 59 months.
