The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control has revealed that 110 people have lost their lives this year from Lassa fever.

The World Heath Organisation last week said the epidemic had reached record highs with 317 laboratory confirmed cases and 72 people dead.

"Since the onset of the 2018 outbreak, there have been 110 deaths: 78 in positive-confirmed cases, 8 in probable cases and 24 in negative cases," the NCDC said in its latest report.

A total of 1,121 suspected cases were reported, "353 are confirmed positive, 8 are probable, 723 are negative (not a case) and 37 are awaiting laboratory results."

The NCDC said cases have been reported in 18 of Nigeria's 36 states while 16 health workers had been affected in six states.

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