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Zimbabwe Cholera Outbreak Fact Sheet & Map #6, FY 2009
USAID / US. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA)
January 23, 2009

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Key developments

• Since the outbreak began in August 2008, cholera has spread to all of Zimbabwe's 10 provinces and 55 of Zimbabwe's 62 districts. As of January 22, cholera had caused more than 2,770 deaths, with more than 50,000 cases reported and a case fatality rate (CFR) of 5.5 percent, according to the U.N. World Health Organization (WHO).
• Updated January 22 WHO figures included 65 cholera deaths and 1,380 new cases, an increase from 38 deaths and 1,125 new cases reported on January 21. From January 11 to 17, WHO reported 420 cholera deaths and 6,466 new cases, the highest weekly totals to date, and a weekly CFR of 6.5 percent.
• According to WHO, Masvingo Province accounted for more than 1,850 new cholera cases between January 11 and 17, or nearly 30 percent of total new cases for the week. In addition, WHO reported more than 1,200 new weekly cases in Mashonaland West Province. Harare and Mashonaland West provinces continue to register nearly 50 percent of total cases reported.
• For the same week, WHO reported 385 new cases in Binga District, Matebeleland North Province. The province had previously accounted for only two reported cases.

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