A total of 81,413 suspected cases of cholera have so far been recorded in the country with 2,791 deaths, in the last nine months.
An epidiomology report issued by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed that the disease was reported in 28 states and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) from January to September.
The affected states are Abia, Adamawa, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ekiti, Enugu, FCT, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Osun, Plateau, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Rivers and Zamfara.
The report said15 states reported 1,825 suspected cases in the last one week.
The states included: Zamfara, 524 cases; Bauchi, 347; Yobe, 302; Katsina, 282; Borno, 139; Adamawa, 76; Kano, 46; Jigawa, 22; Kebbi, 22; Gombe, 22; Sokoto, 13; Kaduna, 12; Abia, 12; Kwara, 5; and Taraba, 1.
The report said there was a 38 percent decrease in the number of new suspected cases in week 37 (1,825) compared with week 36 (2,955).
