Emmanuel Thomas l Thursday, October 18, 2018
LAGOS, Nigeria – At least 439 people have been killed by cholera in th last 9 months(week 1-39) in Nigeria, while 18 people were killed in the last few weeks, the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has said just as reported cases in the country hit an all time peak of 2,052 across the federation.
In the latest report, the CDC said there are 26 cases in the labouratory. It added that cases of cholera were reported in 42 local governments in 7 states. According to the report, 107 cases were recorded i Adamawa, 702 in Borno, where he have the highest Internally Displaced Persons, as a result of the Boko Haram insurgent.
Ninety(90) cases were recoreded in Gombe, 2 in Kaduna, 585 in Katsina State, 162 in Yobe while 404 cases were recorded in Zamfara state. The CDC said the figures were recorded in the last 39 weeks compared with just 20 suspected cases recorded in 7 Local Governments in 5 states in 2017.
“Between weeks 1 and 39 (2018), 24,738 suspected Cholera cases with 480 laboratory confirmed and 439 deaths (CFR, 1.8%) from 171 LGAs (26 States) were reported compared with 3348 suspected cases and 79 deaths (CFR, 2.4%) from 60 LGAs (18 States) during the same period in 2017”, the CDC said in a statement.
It said National Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) for Cholera has been activated at level 2 at NCDC and that Rapid Response Teams have been deployed to respond to recent cluster of cases in Kano, Bauchi, Plateau, Zamfara, Adamawa and Katsina States.
On Lassa fever, the CDC reported that from week 39 (24 – 30 September, 2018) 4 new confirmed I cases were reported from Edo (3) and Bauchi (1) States with no new death recorded.
“From 1st January to 30th September 2018, a total of 2623 suspectedi cases have been reported from 22 states. Of these, 514 were confirmed positive, 10 are probable, 2098 negative (not a case)”, the CDC said, adding that since the onset of the 2018 outbreak, there have been 134 deaths in confirmed cases and 10 in probable cases. Case Fatality Rate in confirmed cases is 26.1%”, the CDC said.
