The Nigerian government says since the beginning of the year, the country has recorded a total of 3,623 suspected cholera cases and 103 deaths across 187 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), Jide Idris, disclosed this on Tuesday during a press conference in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city.
He said the number of deaths translates to a cumulative case fatality rate of 2.8 per cent since the beginning of the year.
