Not less than seven persons have died as a result of a cholera outbreak in the Yola North Local Government Area of Adamawa State.
A statement by the National Emergency Management Agency in a statement shared on its X.com page on Tuesday, also said a total of 71 others have been hospitalised.
The development comes as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention disclosed that the country had recorded 1,528 suspected cases of cholera and 53 deaths in 31 states across 107 Local Government Areas.
According to NEMA, the outbreak was caused by a recent flood that contaminated the communities’ drinking water sources.
The statement added that around 100 people were also under monitoring and observation.
