The Lagos State Government has disclosed that the death toll in the state’s cholera outbreak has now risen to 21.
This is just as the number of infections have also increased from 350 to 401.
Special Adviser to the Lagos State governor on Health, Dr Kemi Ogunyemi, made the disclosure in an update released by Tunbosun Ogunbanwo, Director, Public Affairs in the state’s ministry of health on Thursday in Lagos.
Ogunyemi said the rise in cases was anticipated following the Eid-el-Kabir celebration, in which large gatherings occurred.
She listed Lagos Island, Kosofe, and Eti Osa, as areas with the highest numbers of infections.
Ogunyemi, however, noted that suspected cases are subsiding across the local government areas (LGAs), particularly in previously affected LGAs due to the state government’s interventions and surveillance efforts.
She advised residents to remain vigilant, practice good hand hygiene, and participate in community sanitation activities to stop the spread of the disease and also urged them to seek medical attention immediately if they experience symptoms such as diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain, general malaise and fever.
She added that treatment for cholera was provided free of charge at all public health facilities, even as she reiterated the state government’s commitment to ensuring that residents of Lagos receive quality and affordable health care.
