 134 additional cases of cholera have been confirmed with 15 deaths across 25 local government areas in Katzena state and this brings the total to 1534 confirmed cases and 75 deaths. The state commissioner of health Yacobo Danja stated these in a press briefing and Katzena state received its first report of suspected diarrhea and vomiting in May. It was later accessed to be a cholera outbreak.