April 29, 2023: (latest available data, previous Ministry bulletin April 28, 2023 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-39489-haiti-cholera-daily-bulletin-172.html )

Data calculated since the first confirmed case (October 3, 2022)

Total suspected cases: 42,388 cases +95 in 24 hours, the day before +130 in 24 hours

Total confirmed cases: 2,678* cases +0, the day before +0 in 24 hours

Total hospitalized cases (suspected and confirmed): 37,097 cases +101 cases in 48 hours, the day before +1,533 in 48 hours

Total deaths: 678 deaths ((454 institutional (+0) and 224** community (+0)) +0, previous +0

*No test results published by the MSPP Laboratories for 10 days

**Community deaths not updated for 6 days

Partial assessment of cholera in Haiti according to data from the Department of Epidemiology, Laboratories and Research of the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP).

Distribution of suspected cases, total since October 3:

Partial update

Less than 1 year: + 947 (+0) not updated for 2 days

1-4 years: 8,492 cases (+26)

5-9 years: 6,094 cases (+13)

10-14 years old: 3,056 cases (+5)

15-19 years old: 2,219 cases (+9)

20-29 years old: 5,502 cases (+16)

30-39 years old: 4,703 cases (+11)

40-49 years old: 3,451 cases (+9)

50-59 years old: 2,633 cases (+6)

60-69 years old: 1,861 cases (+5)

70-79 years old: 1,065 cases (+2)

80 years and over: 222 cases (+3)

Men: 54.52% men (-); Women 45.48 (+)

Positivity rate by age segment:

Number of tests performed: 7.606* +0 in previous 24 hours +0 in 24 hours

Positivity rate: 35.20%, previous 35.20%

*No test results published by the MSPP Laboratories for 10 days

Departments with confirmed cases:

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

Previous bulletin: https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-39489-haiti-cholera-daily-bulletin-172.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