{"id":572787,"date":"2026-07-28T22:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T22:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/572787\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T22:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T22:25:09","slug":"dengue-fever-in-nigeria-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/572787\/","title":{"rendered":"Dengue fever in Nigeria 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) reports 95 total suspected dengue fever cases during the first six months of 2026.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!08pK!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe1fbb77f-4aaf-48f5-aa5d-d4e3de88ece1_665x457.png\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\" class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img can-restack\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/e1fbb77f-4aaf-48f5-aa5d-d4e3de88ece1_665x.jpeg\" width=\"665\" height=\"457\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/e1fbb77f-4aaf-48f5-aa5d-d4e3de88ece1_665x457.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:457,&quot;width&quot;:665,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:117741,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/outbreaknewstoday.substack.com\/i\/208892546?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe1fbb77f-4aaf-48f5-aa5d-d4e3de88ece1_665x457.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}\" alt=\"\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"sizing-normal\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Seven states have reported cases- Edo (39) and Sokoto (34) states jointly accounted for 76.8% of the 95 suspected cases reported. Of the suspected cases, 9 (9.5%) were confirmed (Sokoto-8 and Edo-1).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LUW4Z-Lv-u0&amp;list=PLDYx_Z0lk3DEVJmNjYt8IwX8dnXa_TEWe&amp;index=8&amp;t=457s\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Parasites: Soil-transmitted helminths<\/a> with Nigerian parasitologist, Bukunyi (Mercy) Ajanaku, MS.<\/p>\n<p>No deaths were reported.<\/p>\n<p>This compares to 274 total cases, including 92 confirmed and one death during the same period in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Related news:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/outbreaknewstoday.substack.com\/p\/ebola-deaths-top-1400-in-drc-outbreak\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ebola deaths top 1,400 in DRC outbreak<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/outbreaknewstoday.substack.com\/p\/nigeria-reports-221-lassa-fever-deaths\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nigeria reports 221 Lassa fever deaths in first six months of 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/outbreaknewstoday.substack.com\/p\/senegal-reports-first-chikungunya\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Senegal reports first chikungunya cases of the year<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Outbreak News Today is a reader-supported publication. 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