Informing humanitarians worldwide 24/7 — a service provided by UN OCHA

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe: Daily cholera update and alerts, 31 Jan 2009

Attachments

* Please note that daily information collection is a challenge due to communication and staff constraints. On-going data cleaning may result in an increase or decrease in the numbers. Any change will then be explained.

** Daily information on new deaths should not imply that these deaths occurred in cases reported that day. Therefore daily CFRs >100% may occasionally result

A. Highlights of the day:

- 555 cases and 3 deaths added today (in comparison 451 cases and 17 deaths yesterday)

- 32.8% of the districts affected have reported today (19 out of 58 affected districts)

- 88.7 % of districts reported to be affected (55 districts/62)

- Manicaland, Masvingo and Midlands provinces did not report

- Cumulative Institutional Case Fatality Rate 2.1%

- Daily Institutional Case Fatality Rate 0.5%