The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says that 46 new deaths, allegedly linked to cholera, were recorded in the country in the past one week.
The NCDC spoke via its verified website, on Tuesday morning.
It said that the situation report was published based on data sent in by the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, for the week.
According to it, eight states account for the new cholera fatalities.
In its epidemiological report from August 30 to September 5, NCDC said that a total of 2,323 people had, so far, died as a result of suspected cholera infections in 25 states and the FCT since the beginning of 2021.
It added that 1,677 cholera infections were recorded in 12 states within one-week bringing the total suspected cases to 69,925 as at September 5.
“In the week, 12 states reported 1,677 suspected cases – Bauchi (566), Katsina (282), Sokoto (258), Yobe (183), Borno (179), Niger (94), Kaduna (66), Adamawa (34), Gombe (8), Kano (4), Kebbi (2), and Nasarawa (1).
“There was a 58per cent decrease in the number of new suspected cases in week 35 (1,667) compared with week 34 (3,992).
“Of the cases reported, there were 46 deaths from Borno (13), Sokoto (12), Katsina (8), Bauchi (6), Niger (3), Kaduna (2), Adamawa (1) and Kano (1) states with a weekly case fatality ratio (CFR) of 2.7per cent.
“Twenty-five states and the FCT have reported suspected cholera cases in 2021. These are Adamawa, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ekiti, Enugu, FCT, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Osun, Plateau, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, and Zamfara.
“As at September 5, 2021, a total of 69,925 suspected cases, including 2,323 deaths (CFR 3.3per cent) have been reported from 25 states and FCT in 2021.
“Two new states (Osun and Ekiti) reported cases, though with dates of onset in weeks prior to week 35,” it explained.
The NCDC added that the national multi-sectoral EOC activated at level 02 continued to coordinate the national response.
Cholera is a waterborne disease with a high risk of transmission where there are poor sanitation and disruption of clean water supply.
Wrong disposal of refuse and unhealthy practices, such as open defecation, endanger the water being drunk and used domestically, thereby leading to the spread of water-borne diseases such as cholera.
NCDC said that without proper WASH, Nigeria remained at risk of cholera cases and deaths.
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