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Event: EP Epidemic
Number: 2016-000115
Country: GHA Ghana
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Date (YMD): 2016-10-21
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Information Source:IFRC, 8 Nov 2016
Comments: The first cases of cholera were detected on 21 October 2016, in the Cape Coast district, Central region when a case- patient presented with acute watery diarrhoea. The next day there were two case-patients with similar symptoms also in Cape Coast district. The number of cases detected in peri-urban communities in Cape Coast Metropolitan have continued to rise from 36 cases on the 26 October, to 117 cases on 30 October. By the 2 November, the total number of cases had risen to 172 with zero deaths. The exponential increase in cases indicates high transmission potential of infections in the peri urban communities.
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