A fresh cholera outbreak in Bauchi State has claimed not less than 20 lives in some parts of the state.
About 322 persons have been infected with the disease.
The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Aliyu Mohammed Maigoro, gave an update on the situation during a media briefing on Tuesday morning.
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He said the outbreak has spread across nine local government areas since the first case was recorded in April.
Maigoro made it known that the index case was a 37-year-old patient, who was admitted at Burra General Hospital on 24 April, 2021.
