The Rogers County Health Department and Oklahoma State Department of Health reported the death of two children from Oologah-Talala Public School district from an outbreak of meningitis.

One of them was an 8-year-old, reveals Superintendent Rick Thomas.

The authorities are reported to initiate an investigation into the six possible cases of bacterial meningitis -- including two deaths -- in rural Oklahoma elementary school students.

However, Thomas said school was canceled Friday for the district.

Meningitis is a disease caused due to the inflammation of the meninges, the thin lining that besiege the brain and the spinal cord, reveals the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The state health board has claimed that it was extending full provision of antibiotics to the schools to help prevent the spread of meningococcal disease -- caused by the bacteria Neisseria meningitides -- which can appear as pneumonia, septicemia or meningitis.

The state board authorities have posted the symptoms of the disease to appear two to 10 days after infection, however, typically within three to four days.