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Borno State Ministry of Health: Cholera Daily Situation Report as of 11 September 2017

Countries
Nigeria
Sources
Govt. Nigeria
Publication date

Highlights

  • 155 additional suspected cholera cases were reported on 11 September including 2 deaths.

  • The number of suspected cholera cases has drastically increased in Monguno over the past week

Epidemiological summary

The number of suspected cholera cases is cumulating to 1626, with 945 cases in the Muna corridor , 537 cases in Dikwa and 144 in Monguno. Samples were culture confirmed in Dikwa (4) and Monguno (2) (Table 1). The total number of deaths is 40 ( CFR = 2.46). A total of 80 samples tested RDT positive respectively 10 in Dala CTC, 23 in Muna CTC, 42 in Dikwa general hospital and 5 in Monguno.