The Nigeria Centre for Illness Management and Prevention (NCDC) has mentioned that 7,663 suspected instances of cholera and 216 deaths have been recorded throughout the nation for the reason that starting of 2024.
This data was contained within the Cholera Epidemiological report for week 36, which NCDC introduced throughout a press briefing on Wednesday in Abuja.
In week 36, there have been 141 suspected instances and one dying with a case fatality price of 0.7 per cent. These had been reported in Katsina, Lagos, Kano, Jigawa and Adamawa states throughout 19 LGAs.
Cumulatively from week one to 36, 2024, 216 deaths have been reported with a case fatality price (CFR) of two.8 per cent from 7,663 suspected instances,“ the report acknowledged.
It confirmed that 35 States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) had recorded no less than one suspected case throughout 280 LGAs, including that 89 per cent of all suspected instances had been reported from 10 states: Lagos 58 per cent, Bayelsa 7 per cent, Katsina 6 per cent, Jigawa 5 per cent, Zamfara 3 per cent, Ebonyi 3 per cent, Rivers 2 per cent, Abia 2 per cent, Ogun 2 per cent, and Imo 1 per cent.
The report additional revealed that 15 LGAs account for 57 per cent of all instances, with Lagos Island LGA contributing the best, eight per cent.
Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal an infection attributable to ingesting meals or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.
