The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said the number of confirmed cases of Lassa fever in the country has increased to 973 from 963 recorded last week.

It said the 10 new cases were reported from Edo, Ondo, Kogi, Nasarawa and Plateau states.

The centre made the disclosure in its latest situation report (Week 15) on the disease published on Friday.

The breakdown of the disease’s confirmed cases showed that while 27 states had recorded at least one confirmed case each, Edo, Ondo and Ebonyi alone accounted for 73 per cent of the confirmed cases.

About 127 local government areas also have at least one confirmed case each.

However, there is no record of death in Week 15, leaving the death toll at 188 for this year.