The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has announced that a total of 1,336 suspected cases of cholera, including 79 deaths, have been recorded in 2023.
The Centre disclosed this in its latest cholera epidemiological report.
The report revealed that 12 states across 43 local government areas reported the suspected cases, with a case fatality ratio of 5.9 per cent.
It added that 12 states reporting cases in the country are Abia, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Cross River, Ebonyi, Kano, Katsina, Niger, Ondo, Osun, Sokoto, and Zamfara.