Cholera death toll rises to 67 in Bauchi
Mr Dambam told
journalists on Wednesday in Bauchi that the agency had recorded 1,742
cases in five of the 20 local government areas of the state since the
outbreak of the disease in June. He listed Bauchi, Shira, Tafawa
Balewa, Toro and Katagum Local Government Areas as those affected by
the epidemic, which started in Bauchi Metropolitan Council.
According to him,
Bauchi Local Government has recorded 1,368 cases with 31 deaths;
Ganjuwa 284 cases with 20 deaths, while Tafawa Balewa, Shira and Toro
recorded about 30 cases but with no deaths recorded in those areas.
Dambam claimed the source of the epidemic was from the neighbouring
states of Adamawa, Gombe and Borno, stating that “there were earlier
outbreaks of the disease in these states before Bauchi.”
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