23 February 2011: Cholera – situation in Haiti and Dominican Republic – Update
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While in Dominican Republic, the Ministry of Health reported a total of 380 laboratory-confirmed cases of cholera and three deaths from the beginning of the outbreak to EW 5. |
During the epidemiological week 5 of 2011, at national level, Haiti registered an increase in the weekly incidence rate, which went from 8.1 cholera cases per 10,000 inhabitants in EW 4 to 11.4 cases per 10,000 inhabitants in EW 5. This was linked which is an increase of 5.2 % in the new case registered when compared to the previous week. At subnational level, three departments registered an increase in their weekly incidence rate (Nord, Nord Est and Ouest).