Dr Kunden Deyin, the Plateau Commissioner for Health says the state has recorded twenty-eight new cases of Lassa fever with ten deaths.
The Commissioner said sixty-four cases were taken to the laboratory for confirmation out of which twenty-eight were confirmed to be Lassa fever.
He said that one of the confirmed cases was imported from Kaduna State, adding that most of the affected persons are responding to treatments.
Dr. Deyin advised people to report immediately to the nearest health facility, whenever they had indications of any form of fever.