Daily cholera update and alerts, 15 Mar 2009

cholera_beds.jpgCholera beds
Source: Government of Zimbabwe; World Health Organization (WHO)

* Please note that daily information collection is a challenge due to communication and staff constraints. On-going data cleaning

** 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:

– 115 cases and 8 deaths added today (in comparison 258 cases and 0 deaths yesterday)

– 33.9 % of the districts affected have reported today (20 out of 59 affected districts)

– 90.3 % of districts reported to be affected (56 districts out of 62)

– Cumulative Institutional Case Fatality Rate 1.8.%

– Daily Institutional CFR = 0.0%

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