11 May 2017•Update: 12 May 2017
By Rafiu Ajakaye
LAGOS, Nigeria
The death toll from Nigeria’s meningitis outbreak is now 1,069 with at least 13,420 cases so far reported, the country's center for disease control announced on Thursday.
That is up from 745 reported about three weeks ago.
It said the disease has been reported in at least 23 of Nigeria’s 36 states while it remains at an epidemic level across four.
