Nigeria's Lassa fever death toll reaches 214 as fatality rate surges to 25%

214 deaths reported including a medical doctor in Benue State who died after two weeks of illness complicated by kidney failure.

In Nigeria, a disease once understood as seasonal is revealing itself as something more permanent. Since January 2026, Lassa fever has claimed 214 lives across 23 states, with a fatality rate that has climbed to 25 percent — a sharp rise from the year prior — prompting health authorities to reckon not just with an outbreak, but with the possibility that the virus has settled in for good. The death of a physician in Benue State, a man who treated himself at home before his kidneys failed, has given a human face to a crisis that now asks Nigeria to reimagine its relationship with a disease it on

Nigeria's Lassa fever death toll reaches 214 as fatality rate surges to 25%

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