Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said it has recorded 3,623 suspected cases of cholera and 103 deaths across 34 states and the FCT. NCDC also said Ekiti and Bayelsa States have reported three presumptive positive cases of yellow fever (Ekiti 2, Bayelsa 1) and one death.
These bring cholera and yellow fever cases to 3,626 and 104 Deaths The centre said 187 LGAs across the country are affected, with a cumulative case fatality rate of 2.8 per cent since the beginning of the year.
The DG, NCDC, Dr Jide Idris, who disclosed this at a press briefing yesterday in Abuja, said Enugu and Plateau States are the only two states that have not reported cholera cases since this year. He said six states namely: Lagos, Bayelsa, Abia, Ebonyi, Katsina and Zamfara account for 83 per cent of the total cases. “The predominant age affected is five years old, while males account for 52% of cases and females account for the rest,” Idris said.
