A total of 325 people were killed by cholera between January and June, this year. Six states have reported 1,786 suspected cases of the disease between June 20 and June 26.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this in Abuja on Saturday.
NCDC’s Director-General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, said Bauchi reported 1,239 cases; Kano, 362 cases; Niger, 62 cases; Zamfara, 55 cases; Kaduna, 59 cases and Plateau, nine cases.
He said the preceding week of June 13 to June 19, five states: Bauchi, Kano, Kaduna, Plateau and Zamfara reported 1,757 suspected cases.
Bauchi State reported 900 cases, Kano State reported 575 cases, Kaduna State reported 70 cases, Plateau reported 98 cases, while Zamfara reported 114 cases.
The NCDC chief said that between January 2021 and June 27, a total of 14, 343 suspected cases of cholera were reported from 15 states and the FCT.
This, he added, included 325 deaths.
The affected states are Benue, Delta, Zamfara, Gombe, Bayelsa, Kogi, Sokoto, Bauchi, Kano, Kaduna, Plateau, Kebbi, Cross-River, Nasarawa, Niger and the FCT.
NCDC’s Situation Report on cholera indicates that 27.6 per cent of victims across the country were those in the five years to 14 years bracket.
The report also indicates that 51 per cent of the suspected cases were male, while 49 per cent were female.
He said a multi-sectorial National Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), coordinates the cholera national response activities.
“The EOC is co-led by the Federal Ministry of Environment and that of Water Resources given the link between cholera, water, sanitation and hygiene,” he said.
