…Records 62.5 % increase in monkeypox cases
A total of 479 people have been killed in the current outbreak of Cholera in the country.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC), which disclosed this in its latest situation report. said since the beginning of this year, a total of 19,305 suspected cases have been recorded and that the disease has spread to 18 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The States were listed as Benue, Delta, Zamfara, Gombe, Bayelsa, Kogi, Sokoto, Bauchi, Kano, and Kaduna. Others are Plateau, Kebbi, Cross River, Niger, Nasarawa, Jigawa, Yobe, Kwara and the FCT.
The report said there has been an increase in the number of new cases in Bauchi, Kano Jigawa and Kwara. According to the report, cholera killed 31 people between July 5 and July 11, 2021.
In a related development, The number of confirmed monkeypox cases has increased by 62.5 percent in the country, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) revealed yesterday.
In a monthly update on monkeypox (MPX) in Nigeria, published on its website, the agency noted that a total of 466 suspected have been reported in 30 states from September 2017 to June this year.
According to the report, 52 suspected cases were recorded between January and June this year. However, 13 confirmed cases and no death were reported during the period.
The new confirmed cases for this year represent a 62.5% increase compared to the eight confirmed cases recorded in 2020. The new cases occurred in five states – Delta (3), Bayelsa (2), Lagos (4), Edo (1), and Rivers (3).
