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Nigeria CDC has confirmed 21 monkeypox cases this year
Summary by Ground News
The death was reported in a 40-year-old patient who had underlying co-morbidity and was on immunosuppressive medications. Nigeria has not had an outbreak of monkeypox since September 2017 but it continues to report sporadic cases of the disease. At least 247 have been confirmed in 22 of its 36 states since then with 3.6% fatality rate.