Federal government has confirmed the death of 3,283 persons resulting from Cholera disease outbreak in 32 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The affected states are Abia, Adamawa, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Enugu, FCT, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Rivers and Zamfara.
A statement issued yesterday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said that: “As at October 17, 2021, a total of 93,362 suspected cases including 3,283 deaths have been reported from 32 states and FCT in 2021.”
It however said that no new state reported Cholera cases in the last one week.
The centre said that of the suspected cases in the beginning of the year, age group 5-14 years is the most affected age group for male and female.
It also reported that of all suspected cases, 50 per cent are males and 50 per cent are females. Three states; Bauchi (19,452 cases), Kano (12,116 cases), Zamfara (11,084 cases) and Jigawa (10,763 cases) accounted for 57 per cent of all cumulative cases.
NCDC further said that 12 local government areas across five states; Bauchi (4), Zamfara (4), Jigawa (2), Kano (1) and Katsina (1) have reported more than 1,000 cases each this year.
It said that during the reporting week, seven states reported 417 suspected cases namely, Yobe (121), Adamawa (86), Borno (71), Zamfara (67), Niger (49), Katsina (14) and Kaduna (9).
It said that there was a 22 per cent decrease in the number of new suspected cases in week 41 (417) compared with week 40 (535).
“Yobe (121), Adamawa (86) and Borno (71) account for 67 per cent of 417 suspected cases reported in week 41.
“During the reporting week, 23 Cholera Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDT) were conducted. RDT conducted were from Zamfara (11), Borno (5), Adamawa (5) and Kaduna (2). Of this, a total of 15 (65 per cent) were positive by RDT.
“Of the cases reported, there were 21 deaths from the five states reporting with a weekly case fatality ratio (CFR) of 5.0 per cent.”
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