Coverage of laboratory culture and rapid diagnostic tests by state and region
| State | Rapid diagnostic test* | Culture confirmation* | ||
| Proportion of tests, n (%) | Proportion of positive test†, n (%) | Proportion of tests, n (%) | Proportion of confirmed V. cholerae†, n (%) | |
| Nigeria (total) | 1648 | 1056 | 588 | 329 |
| North-West | ||||
| Jigawa | 37 (2.25) | 24 (2.27) | 40 (6.80) | 21 (6.38) |
| Kaduna | 190 (11.53) | 101 (9.56) | – | – |
| Kano | 21 (1.27) | 20 (1.89) | 20 (3.40) | 15 (4.56) |
| Katsina | 61 (3.70) | 50 (4.73) | 106 (18.03) | 59 (17.93) |
| Kebbi | 58 (3.52) | 43 (4.07) | 26 (4.42) | 13 (3.95) |
| Sokoto | – | – | 14 (2.38) | 6 (1.82) |
| Zamfara | 131 (7.95) | 85 (8.05) | 44 (7.48) | 22 (6.69) |
| Total | 498 (30.22) | 323 (30.59) | 250 | 136 (41.34) |
| North-East | ||||
| Adamawa | 191 (11.59) | 124 (11.74) | 78 (13.27) | 58 (17.63) |
| Bauchi | 153 (9.28) | 103 (9.75) | – | – |
| Borno | 69 (4.19) | 63 (5.97) | 15 (2.55) | 12 (3.65) |
| Gombe | 216 (13.11) | 167 (15.81) | 62 (10.54) | 27 (8.21) |
| Taraba | 11 (0.67) | 8 (0.76) | 7 (1.19) | 5 (1.52) |
| Yobe | 111 (6.74) | 86 (8.14) | 10 (1.70) | 9 (2.74) |
| Total | 751 (45.57) | 551 (52.18) | 172 | 111 (33.74) |
| North-Central | ||||
| Benue | 19 (1.15) | 19 (1.80) | 5 (0.85) | 0 (0.00) |
| FCT | 29 (1.76) | 21 (1.99) | 10 (1.70) | 6 (1.82) |
| Kogi | 9 (0.55) | 7 (0.66) | – | – |
| Kwara | 134 (8.13) | 14 (1.33) | – | – |
| Nasarawa | 17 (1.03) | 17 (1.61) | 15 (2.55) | 11 (3.34) |
| Niger | 78 (4.73) | 48 (4.55) | 66 (11.22) | 15 (4.56) |
| Plateau | 76 (4.61) | 33 (3.13) | 38 (6.46) | 30 (9.12) |
| Total | 362 (21.97) | 159 (15.06) | 134 | 62 (18.84) |
| South-West | ||||
| Ekiti | 2 (0.12) | 2 (0.19) | – | – |
| Lagos | – | – | – | – |
| Ogun | – | – | – | – |
| Ondo | 4 (0.24) | 1 (0.09) | – | – |
| Osun | 2 (0.12) | 1 (0.09) | – | – |
| Oyo | 5 (0.30) | 2 (0.19) | – | – |
| Total | 13 (0.79) | 6 (0.57) | – | – |
| South-East | ||||
| Abia | 10 (0.61) | 4 (0.38) | 1 (0.17) | 1 (0.30) |
| Ebonyi | 3 (0.18) | 3 (0.28) | – | – |
| Enugu | 7 (0.42) | 7 (0.66) | – | – |
| Total | 20 (1.21) | 14 (1.33) | 1 | 1 (0.30) |
| South-South | ||||
| Bayelsa | 4 (0.24) | 3 (0.28) | 10 (1.70) | 4 (1.22) |
| Cross-River | – | – | 1 (0.17) | 0 (0.00) |
| Delta | – | – | 5 (0.85) | 0 (0.00) |
| Rivers | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 4 (0.24) | 3 (0.28) | 16 | 4 (1.22) |
| Missing | NA | NA | 1 (0.17) | 15 (4.56) |
*It was possible for stool specimen from a person to be tested by both RDT and culture, but with different test outcomes.
†Proportion of RDT positive=1056/1648; 64.1%; †Proportion of V. cholerae detected by culture=329/588; 56.0%.
NA, not applicable; RDT, rapid diagnostic test.