The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has reported 65,145 suspected cases of cholera, including 2,141 deaths, representing a Case Fatality Rate, CFR of 3.3 percent reported from 23 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, as at September 2.
The Centre announced this on its Cholera Situation weekly epidemiological report pasted on its official website, on Monday.
It was reported that there was a 62 percent decrease in the number of new suspected cases in week 33 (2,127) when compared with the 3,098 cases in week 32.
According to the report, Bauchi with 855 cases, Katsina with 396 cases and Kano’s 306 cases accounted for 73.2 per cent of 2,127 cases reported in week 34, The other states were: Yobe 162; Zamfara 80; Niger 78; Borno 67; Sokoto 45; Kaduna 41; Gombe 21; FCT 18; Kebbi 17; Adamawa 15; Taraba 13; Nasarawa 10; Plateau 2 and Jigawa 1.
It also noted that the suspected cases were since the beginning of 2021, with children aged 5-14 years as the most affected age group for both male and female. All the cases, comprised 51 percent males and 49 percent females.
