Daily cholera update and alerts, 28 Feb 2009

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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 may result in an increase or de

** 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:

– 397 cases and 3 deaths added today (in comparison 791 cases and 39 deaths yesterday)

– 45.8 % of the districts affected have reported today (27 out of 59 affected districts)

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

– Cumulative Institutional Case Fatality Rate 1.8.%

– Daily Institutional Case Fatality Rate 0.5 %

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