Death Toll Hits 2,323 As Cholera Spreads Across Nigeria

Nigeria has so far lost about 2,323 lives to cholera infection, as Nigeria Centre for Disease Control data shows that the country as of September 5, 2021, recorded a total of 69,925 suspected cases.

Cholera disease, which is often caused by consumption of food or drinking water contaminated with a bacterium called Vibrio cholerae, spread in communities with poor hygiene and unclean water supply.

According to the report, cholera infection has been prevalent in over 20 states including; Adamawa, Zamfara, Jigawa, Bayelsa, Benue, Cross River, Delta, Ekiti, Nasarawa, Borno, Gombe, Kaduna.

Others include;Enugu,, Katsina, Kebbi, Bauchi, Kogi, Kwara, Kano, Niger, Osun, Plateau, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, and FCT.

For the week ending 5 September, Nigeria recorded 1,667 suspected cases in 12 states of Bauchi 566 cases, Katsina 282, Sokoto 258, Yobe -183, Borno 179, Niger 94, Kaduna 66, Adamawa 34, Gombe 8, Kano 4, Kebbi 2, and Nasarawa 1.

According to the report, Bauchi recorded 566 cases, Katsina 282 cases and Sokoto with 258 cases account for 66.3 percent of 1,667 suspected cases reported in week 35.

Similarly, Bauchi, Kano, and Jigawa state account for 53 percent of all cumulative cases, with18,132 cases,10,187 cases, and 8,911 cases respectively.