Nearly 500 dead from cholera in Haiti

[Judi Lynn]

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Port au Prince, Haiti – Nearly four months after its reappearance in this French speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member state, the number of cholera victims has risen to 496 dead.

In a statement on Saturday, the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) said the country has already registered 25 182 suspected cases and 21 407 hospitalised, 73 new, while 312 of the 496 deaths occurred in health institutions and 184 in the communities.

In a bulletin, the health authorities state that the average age of those infected is 19 years, and the positivity rate is 37.25 per cent.

Most of the suspected cases – 56.60 per cent are men, and the remaining are women.

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