The Borno State Ministry of Health has declared a cholera outbreak in the state.
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Local authorities have confirmed at least 132 cholera cases in Yobe state, northeast Nigeria, with about nine deaths—a 6.8 per cent fatality rate. “The delay in seeking treatment has significantly contributed to these fatalities,” said the Yobe state Commissioner for Health, Dr Muhammad Lawan Gana.
The Yobe State Government said a total of 132 cases of cholera were recorded in the state as of September 25, out of which nine died.
No fewer than 11 persons comprised of men, women and children have died of a fresh cholera outbreak in Ndibokote village, Ezza Inyimagu in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi state.
Borno State Government has confirmed two cases of cholera in one of the camps harbouring people displaced by flood in Maiduguri.
Adamawa State Government has received 200,000 doses of the cholera vaccine from United Nations Children Funds (UNICEF), following the outbreak of the disease in four Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state.
Adamawa State Government on Sunday confirmed the outbreak of cholera with 12 deaths recorded.
The Director of Public Health, Edo State Ministry of Health, Dr Stephenson Ojeifo, announced on Tuesday that there were no active suspected cases of Cholera or Mpox in the state.
The Ministry of Health in Sudan said that 9,533 cases of cholera, including 315 deaths, had been recorded in the country.
Authorities in Yola-North Local Government Area of Adamawa State have confirmed a cholera outbreak that has claimed four lives and left 36 others hospitalized.