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No fewer than 1.768 persons have died of cholera between January and third week of August in Nigeria.
The deaths were recorded in the Federal Capital Territory and 23 states.
This is according to the latest situation report on the disease released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.
In the previous epidemiological week (August 1- August 8), 1,178 deaths were said to have been recorded since the beginning of the year.
However, in the epidemiological Week 32 (August 9 – August 15), death toll increased to 1,768.
In its report, the NCDC however stated that the increase in the number of deaths was due to a backlog of unreported deaths from states.
The report partly read, “As of August 15, 2021, a total of 47,603 suspected cases, including 1,768 deaths, have been reported from 23 states and FCT in 2021.
“There was a 21 per cent decrease in the number of suspected cases in Week 32 (2,984) compared with Week 31 (3,781).
“Bauchi (1,306), Jigawa (714), Kebbi (325) account for 78.6 per cent of 2,984 suspected cases reported in Week 32.”
The NCDC also highlighted the following states as the top 10 states in cumulative cases; Bauchi 14,904; Kano 6,195; Jigawa 6,021; Sokoto 4,469; Zamfara 3,198; Katsina 2,035; Kebbi 1,962; Plateau 1,430; Niger 1,399; and Kaduna 1,424.
Cholera kills 51 in Nasarawa
Meanwhile, no fewer than 51 residents of Nasarawa State who got infected with cholera have died of the disease in the last eight months.
The Director of Public Health in the state Ministry of Health, Dr Ibrahim Alhassan, made the disclosure on Monday in Lafia.
He said a total of 800 people were confirmed to have been infected in the 13 local government areas of the state.
He added that 51 patients died of the disease in eight LGAs of the state while the other 749 patients were treated and discharged.
He listed the eight LGAs as Awe, Obi, Lafia, Keana, Keffi, Karu, Nasarawa and Toto.
Alhassan said, “We have recorded 800 cases of cholera this year. Out of the number, 749 of them have been discharged while 51 of them died of the disease.”
Kaduna food vendors trained on hygiene
Meanwhile, the Environmental Health Officers Registration Council of Nigeria has trained over 100 food vendors on hygienic practices in Kaduna State in an effort to tackle cholera outbreak and the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Registrar of the Council, Dr. Yakubu Mohammed, stated at end of the event in Kaduna that 70 per cent of diseases were food-related, hence the capacity building for the vendors towards reducing diseases.the garnishee order judgement as “flimsy and contextually empty.”
This is according to the latest situation report on the disease released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.
In the previous epidemiological week (August 1- August 8), 1,178 deaths were said to have been recorded since the beginning of the year.
However, in the epidemiological Week 32 (August 9 – August 15), death toll increased to 1,768.
In its report, the NCDC however stated that the increase in the number of deaths was due to a backlog of unreported deaths from states.
The report partly read, “As of August 15, 2021, a total of 47,603 suspected cases, including 1,768 deaths, have been reported from 23 states and FCT in 2021.
“There was a 21 per cent decrease in the number of suspected cases in Week 32 (2,984) compared with Week 31 (3,781).
“Bauchi (1,306), Jigawa (714), Kebbi (325) account for 78.6 per cent of 2,984 suspected cases reported in Week 32.”
The NCDC also highlighted the following states as the top 10 states in cumulative cases; Bauchi 14,904; Kano 6,195; Jigawa 6,021; Sokoto 4,469; Zamfara 3,198; Katsina 2,035; Kebbi 1,962; Plateau 1,430; Niger 1,399; and Kaduna 1,424.
Cholera kills 51 in Nasarawa
Meanwhile, no fewer than 51 residents of Nasarawa State who got infected with cholera have died of the disease in the last eight months.
The Director of Public Health in the state Ministry of Health, Dr Ibrahim Alhassan, made the disclosure on Monday in Lafia.
He said a total of 800 people were confirmed to have been infected in the 13 local government areas of the state.
He added that 51 patients died of the disease in eight LGAs of the state while the other 749 patients were treated and discharged.
He listed the eight LGAs as Awe, Obi, Lafia, Keana, Keffi, Karu, Nasarawa and Toto.
Alhassan said, “We have recorded 800 cases of cholera this year. Out of the number, 749 of them have been discharged while 51 of them died of the disease.”
Kaduna food vendors trained on hygiene
Meanwhile, the Environmental Health Officers Registration Council of Nigeria has trained over 100 food vendors on hygienic practices in Kaduna State in an effort to tackle cholera outbreak and the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Registrar of the Council, Dr. Yakubu Mohammed, stated at end of the event in Kaduna that 70 per cent of diseases were food-related, hence the capacity building for the vendors towards reducing diseases.the garnishee order judgement as “flimsy and contextually empty.”
