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Week 34 Highlight
• 147 new suspected cases were reported, 5 deaths with CFR = 3.4%
• 8 States Lagos (89), Jigawa (15), Yobe (12), Edo (11), Katsina (9), Zamfara (4), Kaduna (4) and Bayelsa (3) reported cases of Cholera within the Epidemiological week
In the reporting month,
• States have reported 965 suspected cases of Cholera, Lagos (691), Jigawa (51), Katsina (48) Kano (39), Zamfara (32), Yobe (18), Kaduna (18), Bayelsa (14), Ogun (11), Edo (11), Kwara (10), AkwaIbom (6), Ondo (5), Ebonyi (4), Imo (2), Adamawa (2), Abia (2) and Bauchi (1)
• 24 Deaths was recorded with CFR = 2.5%
• 204 Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDT) were conducted with 58 positive results
• 90 stool culture test was conducted and with 10 positive results
• National multi-sectoral Cholera TWG continues to monitor response across states
Cumulative Epi-Summary for 2024
• As of 25th August 2024, a total of 6,782 suspected cases including 197 deaths (CFR 2.9%) have been reported from 36 states
• Of the suspected cases since the beginning of the year, age groups <5 years are mostly affected, followed by the age groups 25 - 34 years in aggregate of both males and females
• Of all suspected cases, 52% are males and 48 are females
• Lagos (4,180 cases) accounts for 62% of all suspected cases in the country of the 36 States that have reported cases of cholera
• Lagos Island LGA (576 cases) in Lagos State accounts for 8% of all suspected cases reported in the country
• Other States; Bayelsa (513 cases), Katsina (365), Zamfara (210 cases), Ebonyi (185), Abia (159 cases), Ogun (124 cases), Jigawa (117 cases), Imo (88 cases), Delta (85 cases), Bauchi (79 cases), Rivers (74 cases), Kano (73 cases), Cross River (52 cases), Yobe (48 cases), Osun (47 cases), Sokoto (42 cases), Ondo (41 cases), Oyo (33 cases), Kaduna (27) Akwa Ibom (26 cases), Benue (23 cases), Nasarawa (23 cases), Kebbi (22 cases), Kogi (21 cases), Fct (19 cases) Ekiti (18 cases), Kwara (16), Edo (16 cases), Niger (16 cases), Gombe (14 cases) and Adamawa (10) account for 38.1% of the suspected cases this year
• Comparatively, suspected cases of Cholera in the current year have increased by 127% compared to what was reported as at Epi-week 34 in 2023. Likewise, cumulative deaths recorded have increased by 110% in 2024