Week 12 Spotlight

• 9 new circumstances have been reported, 0 deaths with CFR = 0.0%

• 1 State Bayelsa (9) reported circumstances of Cholera inside the Epidemiological week

Within the reporting month,

• States have reported 64 suspected circumstances of Cholera, Bayelsa (36), Abia (19) and Ondo (9)

• 2 Deaths have been recorded with CFR = 3.1%

• 18 Speedy Diagnostic Assessments (RDT) have been carried out with 3 constructive outcomes (Ondo – 3)

• 5 stool tradition assessments have been carried out with 1 constructive outcome (Ondo – 1)

• Nationwide multi-sectoral Cholera TWG continues to watch response throughout states

Cumulative Epi-Abstract for 2024

• As of 24 th March 2024, a complete of 559 suspected circumstances together with 7 deaths (CFR 1.3%) have been reported from 18 states

• Of the suspected circumstances because the starting of the yr, age teams <5 years are principally affected, adopted by the age teams 5 - 14 years in combination of each women and men

• Of all suspected circumstances, 49% are males and 51% are females

• Bayelsa (356 circumstances) accounts for 64% of all suspected circumstances within the nation of the 18 States which have reported circumstances of cholera

• Southern Ijaw LGA (133 circumstances) in Bayelsa State accounts for twenty-four% of all suspected circumstances reported within the nation

• Different States; Cross River (42 circumstances), Bauchi (38 circumstances), Delta (24 circumstances), Abia (24 circumstances),
  Nasarawa (19 circumstances), Ondo (11 circumstances), Katsina (9 circumstances), and Osun (8 circumstances) account for 31% of the suspected circumstances this yr

• Comparatively, suspected circumstances of Cholera within the present yr have decreased by 71% in comparison with what was reported as at Epi-week 12 in 2023. Likewise, cumulative deaths recorded have decreased by 87% in 2024