The Kebbi Epidemic Rapid Response Team says 146 people died following a cholera outbreak in the state.
Cholera killed no fewer than 204 persons, led to the hospitalisation of 2,551 in 20 Kebbi local government areas, a NAN investigation revealed.
The state government did not disclose which local governments were affected or the number of persons involved.
A cholera outbreak in Jigawa has killed at least 30 people, with more than 2,000 hospitalised in the past two months in the state.
Fourteen people have been killed in Nigeria’s latest cholera outbreak, as Plateau records 953 cases.
The state legislators unanimously called on the state government to enforce stringent measures to curb the disease.
