The Ministry of Health reported 48,992 suspected cases and confirmed 3,024 of them to date. 42,854 persons requested medical assistance for presenting symptoms such as diarrhea and dehydration, according to the Ministry.

An upward trend in the number of deaths and suspect cases was reported in Cité Soleil, where the first cases of cholera outbreak were registered, after the recent rains that left 51 dead, 18 missing and 140 injured.

The Fontaine Health Center confirmed more than 10 deaths and 700 possible diseased, while hospitalization cases increased.

“We normally admit three to four hospitalization cases per day. Since the last rains on June 2nd and 3rd, we have received 25 to 30 people with signs and symptoms of cholera, sometimes showing signs of severe dehydration,” said the medical director of the Fontaine Health Center, Loubents Jean Baptist.

The media reported that the situation is alarming in the Southeast department, where a dozen deaths and close to a hundred suspected cases were registered.

The World Health Organization warned earlier this month that cholera is spreading at a worrying rate in the country. General Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that there is a risk of outbreaks of other diseases such as tuberculosis, measles or poliomyelitis, while the health services in Haiti suffer serious deficiencies.

Cholera is registered in the 10 departments of the country, headed by the Western departments, where the first cases were diagnosed on October 2nd of last year.

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