The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention – NCDC, has disclosed that the death toll recorded from cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM) has increased to 156, up from the previous 74 deaths.
The data, which highlighted details from week 40 of 2024 to week 12 of 2025, also showed that the confirmed cases are 126 out of the 1,858 suspected cases across 23 states and 121 local government areas.
The agency also said that the case fatality rate is at 8.4 percent. The 23 states reporting suspected CSM cases are Adamawa, Akwa-Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Ebonyi, Ekiti, FCT, Gombe, Jigawa, Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Kebbi, Niger, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Sokoto and Yobe.
Meanwhile, states that recorded deaths are Kebbi (67); Sokoto (33); Katsina (16); Jigawa (six); Yobe (11); Bauchi (six); Gombe (nine); Borno (one); Kano (five); Adamawa (one); and Oyo (one).