Cholera records in Angola have increased to 383, since the first case on January 7, with a total of 22 deaths, according to the latest Ministry of Health newsletter released this Thursday.
The previous balance showed 332 cases and 20 deaths.
Between 6pm on Tuesday and 6pm on Wednesday, 51 cases of cholera were reported, of which 15 were in the municipality of Cacuaco, the epicenter of this outbreak that affects the provinces of Luanda, Bengo and Icolo and Bengo. Of the reported cases, 10 were laboratory confirmed.
With a cumulative total of 383 cases, aged between 2 and 73 years, since the outbreak was confirmed, there have been 22 deaths, of which 17 in Cacuaco, with 27 people hospitalized.
The cases refer to patients with severe or severe dehydration or death from acute watery diarrhea and patients over two years of age in places where cholera exists, and are considered confirmed when the choleric vibrio is isolated in the feces.
Cholera is a serious and contagious disease associated with water and food contamination, poor sanitation and poor hygiene conditions.
Source: rr.sapo.pt
