Lagos State Government says it has recorded six deaths from cholera outbreak out of 45 cases in some communities in Isolo Local Council Development Area (LCDA).
Dr Jide Idris, the State Commissioner for Health, who made the disclosure on Thursday at a news conference in Lagos, however, was not specific about the timing of the incident.
Idris said that state government was already taking appropriate measures and had contained the outbreak.
According to him, the ministry was notified of an upsurge of diarrhoea diseases in some communities in Isolo LCDA.
“Following this, 45 cases were line-listed by the Epidemiology Unit of the ministry.