MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, June 18 - At least 90 people have died and more than 12,000 others have been infected in a fast-spreading cholera outbreak in Nigeria's conflict-hit Borno state, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Thursday.

• Death toll from the outbreak that began in early May rose from 74, with about 7,800 infections reported.

• OCHA said aid agencies were scaling up treatment, surveillance and access to clean water to support government efforts to contain the outbreak.

• A $4 million injection from OCHA-managed funds was bolstering the emergency response, but more resources were urgently needed to strengthen prevention and treatment, OCHA said. REUTERS

Cholera death toll in northeast Nigeria rises to 90, UN says