The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported 836 confirmed diphtheria cases with 83 deaths in eight states across 33 Local Government Areas in the country this year. In June 2023, 160 cases of diphtheria were confirmed.
According to data from NCDC, 819 (37.7%) cases have been confirmed in Kano state, 3 (3.2%) cases were confirmed in Yobe, 2 (3.3%) cases in Katsina, 8 (27.6%) cases in Lagos, one case was confirmed in FCT, Osun, Kaduna and Cross river state respectively.
