At least 39 people have died, while about 4,204 cases of cholera have been recorded across seven local government areas of Borno State.
The Incident Manager, Public Health Emergency Operations Centre, Dr. Jacob Thlizer, gave the update on Tuesday during a sensitisation meeting on preventive measures and curative management of acute watery diarrhoea for 27 local government areas and stakeholders in Maiduguri.
He said in the last 24 hours, 274 new cases were recorded across 36 wards in seven local government areas of the state.
Giving the breakdown, Thlizer said, “New suspected cases in the last 24 hours are 274, while the total suspected cases line listed are 4,204 recorded from 36 wards in the seven local governments, including Jere, Bama, Kaga, Mafa, Kwaya Kusar, MMC, Konduga, Monguno, Magumeri and Ngala, which were affected. In total, we now have 39 deaths.”
“In Jere: 1,214, Bama: 8, Kaga: 18, Mafa: 184,
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