| Event: | EP Epidemic |
| Number: | 2011-000083 |
| Country: | ZWE Zimbabwe |
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| Date (YMD): | 2011-7-5 |
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| Information Source: | IFRC |
| Comments: | Since the beginning of 2011, ten out of the country?s 62 districts, namely Bikita, Buhera, Chimanimani, Chegutu, Chipinge, Chiredzi, Kadoma, Murewa, Mutare and Mutasa, have reported cholera cases. A total of 1,134 cholera cases and 45 deaths were reported by the 12th of June 2011, giving a crude case fatality rate of 4.0%. Of the total reported cases, 320 were confirmed positive by laboratory tests. The majority of cases 870 (77%) were reported from Manicaland province where 697 (80%) of reported cases were from Chipinge. Chiredzi and Chipinge districts reported cholera cases in the last three weeks of June 2011. |
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