ABUJA, June 13 (Xinhua) -- At least 30 deaths have been reported so far this year in the cholera outbreak in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, public health authorities said Thursday.
A total of 65 confirmed cases out of 1,141 suspected cases of cholera have been reported across 96 local government areas in 30 states from the onset in January, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said in a statement, issuing an alert to the public on the increasing trend of cases as the rainy season intensifies.