Outbreak of Cholera has extended to Yobe State claiming no fewer than three persons with two others hospitalised at Girgir Community in Jakusko Local Government Area.
The spread came few days after 30 persons were reportedly killed in Jigawa State across nine local government areas.
The Executive Secretary, Yobe State Primary Health Care Management Agency, Babagana Kundi Machina on Thursday said the index case in Yobe came from neighbouring state Jigawa.
The Jigawa casualties add to the increasing death toll from the disease across Nigeria. Other states that have reported deaths from cholera in the past few weeks include Enugu, Benue, Plateau, and Bayelsa.
Over 2,000 cases have been recorded in Jigawa with the state Capital, Dutse, and Hadejia local government areas the worst affected.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health in Jigawa, Salisu Mu’azu on Wednesday, during a press briefing blamed open defecation for the spread of the disease.
Jakusko local government area in Yobe State shares border with Jigawa and Bauchi states which have recently witnessed the outbreak.
Earlier in May, at least 20 persons died in a cholera outbreak in Bauchi.
The outbreak of the disease in the state hit the capital, Bauchi the most with 147 cases recorded there, out of the 322 cases confirmed cases in nine local government areas.
