The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control had reported that there are no fewer then 3604 death and 114 092 cases of cholera record in the country.
NCDC, disclose that in a 2021 report which made available to newsmen, and explained that 33 states and the Federal Capital Territory were ravaged by cholera, only three states in the country did not report suspected cases.
“Thirty-three states and the FCT reported suspected cholera cases in 2021. These are Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Enugu, the FCT, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Rivers and Zamfara,” it stated.
Following the centre’s analysis, only Anambra, Edo and Imo did not report cholera cases last year.
The NCDC explained, “Of the suspected cases since the beginning of the year, the age group five-14 years is the most affected age group for male and female. Of all suspected cases, 50 per cent are males and 50 per cent are females.
“Four states – Bauchi (19,558 cases), Jigawa (15,141 cases), Kano (12,116 cases) and Zamfara (11,931 cases) – accounted for 53 per cent of all cumulative cases. Eleven LGAs across five states of Bauchi (four), Zamfara (four), Kano (one), Katsina (one) and Borno (one) reported more than 1,000 cases each in the year “.
