August 20, 2023: (latest data available, previous Ministry bulletin August 19 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-40384-haiti-cholera-daily-bulletin-271.html

Data calculated since the first confirmed case (October 3, 2022) according to data from the Department of Epidemiology, Laboratories and Research of the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP).

Total suspected cases: 61,765 since October 3rd, 2022 +118 (partial), previous +257

Total new confirmed cases: 3,812 cases +0, previous +29

Total hospitalized cases (suspected and confirmed): 55,434 since October 3rd, 2022 +18 hospitalizations, previous +240

Total deaths: 838 deaths ((594 institutional (+5) and 250** community (+1)) +6, previous +6

*Not updated today - By extrapolating the average rate of confirmed cases tested on the number of suspected cholera cases since the start of the epidemic, the number of confirmed cases should really be close to 22,000

** Very partial communities, rare update…

Distribution of suspected cases, total since October 3rd:

Partial update of the MSPP for this day

Less than 1 year: 1,542 cases (+0)

1-4 years: 12,473 cases (+67)

5-9 years: 8,863 cases (+41)

10-14 years old: 4,652 cases (+2)

15-19 years old: 3,496 cases (+1)

20-29 years old: 7,928 cases (+1)

30-39 years old: 6,720 cases (+1)

40-49 years old: 5,040 cases (+1)

50-59 years old: 3,794 cases (+1)

60-69 years old: 2,773 cases (+1)

70-79 years old: 1,651 cases (+1)

80 years and over: 684 cases (+1)

Men: 53.36% men (=); Women 46.64% (=) Not updated for this day

Positivity rate by age segment:

Number of tests carried out: 10,873 +11 in 48 hours, previous +131

Positivity rate (average since outbreak rate): 35.05%, previous 35.09%

Departments with confirmed cases:

Artibonite, Centre, Grand’Anse, North, North West, Nippes, North East, West, South and South East

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-40384-haiti-cholera-daily-bulletin-271.html

List of Treatment Centers for acute diarrhea (including Cholera): https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-37939-icihaiti-flash-list-of-acute-diarrhea-treatment-centers-including-cholera.html

Definitions:

Suspected cases:

Anyone with acute watery, profuse diarrhea with or without vomiting and dehydration

Confirmed case:

Any suspected case with a positive culture for “Vibrio cholerae” or presenting an epidemiological link with a confirmed case of cholera

Hospitalized case:

Any suspected or confirmed case that spends at least 24 hours in a care centre

Institutional death:

Any suspected or confirmed case who dies in a treatment center.

Community death:

Any suspected case that dies outside of a caring institution.

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-38148-haiti-humanitarian-the-un-and-its-partners-launch-a-flash-appeal-of-$1456m-for-haiti.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-37816-icihaiti-cholera-entry-ban-on-cooked-food-from-haiti-on-the-dajabon-market.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-37807-haiti-flash-cholera-the-who-is-sounding-the-alarm.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-37803-haiti-flash-already-7-dead-from-cholera-and-dozens-of-suspected-cases.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-37795-haiti-flash-cholera-back-in-haiti-fear-of-epidemic-the-un-ready-to-intervene.html

HL/ HaitiLibre