{
  "id": 14196580,
  "title": "Nigeria records 268 deaths, 1,138 confirmed Lassa fever cases in 2026 – NCDC",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/nigeria-records-268-deaths-1-138-confirmed-lassa-fever-cases-in-2026",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-13T12:08:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/10/13/nigeria-records-268-deaths-1138-confirmed-lassa-fever-cases-in-2026-ncdc/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Nigeria has recorded 1,138 confirmed Lassa fever cases and 268 deaths across 24 states and 119 local government areas as of epidemiological week 40 of 2026, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC). The NCDC’s latest situation report, covering September 28 to October 4, put the case fatality rate at 23.6 […] Nigeria records 268 deaths, 1,138 confirmed Lassa fever…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}