With 208 deaths from Lassa fever and 67 fatalities from cholera already recorded in 2026, Nigeria is grappling with multiple infectious disease outbreaks even as fears grow over the possibility of the recent Ebola outbreaks in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo spreading across borders.
While the country has not recorded any Ebola cases, the existing cases of Lassa fever and cholera, which have further recorded 829 confirmed cases and infected 5,260 people, respectively, show a crisis that is yet to be effectively contained despite being infectious diseases recorded yearly.
The latest figures from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, obtained by PUNCH Healthwise, show that cholera has infected 5,260 people and killed 67 others across 128 Local Government Areas in 33 states and the Federal Capital Territory as of May 31, 2026.
In May, a contaminated community dam in Borno State, which served as the primary
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