The Ogun state Government said about 12 lives were lost to cholera outbreak in the state in the last one month.
The state Ministry of Health issued an alert first on September 17th, 2023 when the first outbreak was recorded in Ijebu North local Government Area of the state. According to the state Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Corker, the disease has since spread in Abeokuta North LGA with a recorded incidents of about 217 in Ijebu north LGA alone.
Out of the total number of 246 persons recorded so far, 12 persons could not make it said the commissioner.
Corker gave the update to stakeholders while confirming the cases through the cases recorded by the ministry.
In her statement, “Unfortunately, we have a report of 246 cases, and there has been at least about 12 deaths, which brings us to a fatality rate of 44.6 per cent.
“This is slightly high for a state like ours because we are educated. And from what we found out that’s actually promoting the cholera outbreak is the fact that there’s high level of open defecation in Ogun State,” she said.
Meanwhile, she warned residents to ensure that everything concerning cleanliness should be strictly adhered to and abstain from open defecation to eliminate the disease.
She disclosed that water sources had been contaminated by faecal materials due to open defecation.
She noted that the government had begun chlorinating wells in Ijebu North to restore normalcy.
