Reports reaching our News Desk say a total of four hundred and seven nine people have been killed in the current outbreak of Cholera in the country.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this in its latest situation report.
It said that since the beginning of this year, a total of nineteen thousand, three hundred and five suspected cases have been recorded and that the disease has spread to 18 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
The affected states are Benue, Delta, Zamfara, Gombe, Bayelsa, Kogi, Sokoto, Bauchi, Kano, and Kaduna.
Others States are Plateau, Kebbi, Cross River, Niger, Nasarawa, Jigawa, Yobe, Kwara and the FCT.
According to the information, out of the reported cases since the beginning of the year, 11.0 per cent are aged between five and fourteen years. Of all suspected cases, while 52 per cent are males and 48 per cent are females.
The report also informed that there has been an increase in the number of new cases in Bauchi, Kano Jigawa and Kwara States.
It further hinted that Cholera killed thirty one people between July 5 and July 11, 2021.
Cholera is an acute diarrhea disease caused by bacteria called vibrio cholera. It is a potentially life-threatening, and primarily a water-borne disease.
Symptoms of the disease include nausea and vomiting , dehydration which can lead to shock, kidney injury and sudden death , passage of profuse pale and milky, watery stool (rice water coloured), and body weakness.
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