The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Ali Inname, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Sokoto on Sunday while giving an update on the gastroenteritis epidemic ravaging the state.
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He made the confirmation at a news conference in Sokoto on Tuesday and appealed to residents to restrict visitations to prone areas.
The flood had rendered many people homeless, destroyed farm produce and other property and contaminated potable water sources.
Two health officials in Lagos State on Sunday advised members of the public on steps to tackle the outbreak of waterborne gastroenteritis (stomach) disease in the state.
Authorities on Sunday confirmed 15 deaths due to what an official suspected to be cases of gastroenteritis in Charanchi Local Government Area of Katsina State.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Mustapha Ali, on Friday in Sokoto, listed six of the affected LGAs as: Illela, Sabon-Birni, Gada, Goronyo, Isa and Tureta.
Gastroenteritis, also known as infectious diarrhea, is the inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract that involves the stomach and small intestine
Abubakar told the News Agency of Nigeria in Hadejia that the deaths were recorded on Monday and Tuesday