Six people have died out of 478 suspected cases of cholera recorded in four states within one week (August 29 to September 4, 2022), the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said.
The states are: Yobe (285), Jigawa (69), Gombe (69), Borno (47) and Adamawa (nine).
But Borno, Yobe, Jigawa and Gombe states accounted for 98 per cent of the 478 suspected cases.
The report said while there was 58 per cent increase in the number of new suspected cases, the six deaths were recorded in Yobe (five) and Borno (one).
Also, while a total of 5,451 suspected cases, including 149 deaths were reported in 31 states since the beginning of the year, 1,677 suspected cases were reported in 11 states between August 1 and September 4, 2022.
The NCDC report obtained by The Nation said: “Thirty-one states have reported suspected cholera cases in 2022. These are: Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauctw, Bayelsa, Benue. Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ekiti, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, kebbi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto. Taraba, Yobe and Zamfara.
In the reporting month, 11 states reported 1,677 suspected cases — Yobe (853), Borno (333), Jigawa (247), Gombe (133), Borno (160), Ekiti (one), Gombe (three), Jigawa (four), Kaduna (14), Kano (171), Katsina (115), Kebbi (one), Plateau (11), Sokoto (12), Yobe (four) and Zamfara (11).
“During the reporting week, only 55 Cholera Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) was conducted. The RDT conducted was from Yobe, 12 (92 per cent). Borno, 10 (90 per cent), Jigawa, 16 (44 per cent), Adamawa, four (75 per cent) and Gombe, 13 (69 per cent) positive. Of the cases reported, there were six deaths with a weekly case fatality ratio (CFR) of 1.3 per cent.
No new state reported cases in Week 30. National multi-sectoral Cholera TWG continues to monitor response across states. Of the suspected cases since the beginning of the year, age group less than five years is the most affected age group for male and female.
“Of all suspected cases, 47 per cent are males and 53 per cent are females.
“Thirteen states – Yobe (918 cases), Borno (679 cases), Taraba (676 cases), Cross River (650), Katsina (378 cases), Kano (333 cases), Jigawa (317 cases), Ondo (283 cases), Zamfara (178 cases), Adamawa (161 cases), Gombe (159 cases), Bayelsa (145 cases) and Bauchi (122 cases), account for 92 per cent of all cumulative cases. Twelve local government areas across six states – Cross River (3), Taraba (3), Yobe (3), Borno (1), Kano (1) and Zamfara (1) – reported more than 100 cases each this year.”
