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9:36 CAT | 15 Apr 2023
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The number of people who have died of cholera in Mozambique since the current outbreak began in October 2022 now stands at 122.
According to the latest cholera bulletin from the Ministry of Health, no deaths from the disease were recorded on Thursday, but 186 new cases of the disease were diagnosed, bringing the total number of cases to 26,439.
219 people were discharged from the cholera wards on Thursday, which left 152 people still hospitalized.
The outbreak is active in the northern province of Niassa, throughout the central region (Tete, Manica, Sofala and Zambezia), and in the southern province of Inhambane.
The health authorities are working to obtain more cholera vaccine. The latest results from the vaccination campaign are from Tete province, where 321,772 people were vaccinated, in Tete city, and Angonia, Doa and Mutarara districts. This was 65 per cent of the target figure.
Source: AIM
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