Niger records 16 deaths from cholera – Commissioner

No fewer than 16 persons have died from a cholera outbreak in Niger State, with 165 cases recorded and a 9 per cent mortality rate, Dangana Ibrahim, the state’s commissioner for primary healthcare, said.

He announced this at a meeting of the State Taskforce Committee on Primary Healthcare and Immunisation, chaired by Deputy Governor Yakubu Garba in Minna.

According to the commissioner, 145 patients have been successfully treated and discharged.

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