KANO, Nigeria: A cholera outbreak in northern Nigeria’s Kano State has killed six people and infected scores, the state health commissioner said Sunday, although a local charity put the toll higher.

“Six people died out of the 46 cases recorded,” Abubakar Labaran Yusuf told AFP of the outbreak this week in Kafin Dalawa village, 70 kilometers outside the state capital of Kano.

Contaminated water in the area was the most likely cause, he said, adding that teams had been dispatched to clean water sources and supply drugs.