Cholera has killed 37 people in Bauchi state in recent. Dr Aliyu Maigoro, immediate past Commissioner for Health in the State, had on 25th May 2021, announced the outbreak, with a 37-year-old housewife who reported with the disease at the Burra General Hospital on 24th April 2021.
Maigoro
disclosed then that 20 people had died from the disease, while 322 people
affected with the ailment were being managed.
The Bauchi
State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BSPHDA) had said that the deadly
disease has spread to six more local government areas from the initial nine,
making it 15 local government areas of the State.
In the data
made available to journalists in Bauchi by the Executive Chairman of the
Agency, Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, the BSPHDA disclosed that 1,799 cholera cases were
recorded between 25th May 2021 when the outbreak was announced and now.
According to
the data by the Agency, Alkaleri; Bauchi; Darazo; Dass; Ganjuwa and Giade were
local government areas with reported cases of cholera in the State.
Other
affected LGAs, according to BSPHDA, are Jama’are; Kirfi; Misau, Ningi; Shira;
Tafawa Balewa; Toro; Warji and Zaki.
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