 Bauchi State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Aliyo Meguro, says cholera has claimed no less than 20 persons in the state. The latest outbreak of the disease in the state hit the capital, Bochi, the most with 147 cases recorded there out of the 322 confirmed cases in nine local government areas. The index case for the outbreak is a 37-year-old housewife who complained of abdominal pains, diarrhea and vomiting at the General Hospital in Boora on April 24. Health authorities in the state suspect that the water supply in the affected communities is responsible for the outbreak.