August 21, 2023: (latest data available, previous Ministry bulletin August 20 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-40392-haiti-cholera-daily-bulletin-272.html

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

Total suspected cases: 61,775 since October 3rd, 2022 +10 (partial), previous +118 (partial)

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

Total hospitalized cases (suspected and confirmed): 55,445 since October 3rd, 2022 +11 hospitalizations, previous +18

Total deaths: 844 deaths ((594 institutional (+0) and 250** community (+1)) +1, 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 3:

Partial and incomplete update of the MSPP for this day

Less than 1 year: 1,542 cases (+0) not updated for 2 days

1-4 years: 12,476 cases (+3)

5-9 years: 8,866 cases (+3)

10-14 years old: 4,652 cases (+0)

15-19 years old: 3,497 cases (+1)

20-29 years old: 7,928 cases (+0)

30-39 years old: 6,722 cases (+2)

40-49 years old: 5,041 cases (+1)

50-59 years old: 3,794 cases (+0)

60-69 years old: 2,773 cases (+0)

70-79 years old: 1,651 cases (+0)

80 years and over: 684 cases (+0)

Men: 53.36% men (=); Women 46.64% (=) Not updated for 2 days

Positivity rate by age segment:

Number of tests carried out: 10,898 +25 in 48 hours, previous +11

Positivity rate (average since the rate of the epidemic): 34.97%, previous 35.05%

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-40392-haiti-cholera-daily-bulletin-272.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