June 18, 2023: (latest available data, previous Ministry bulletin June 17 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-39894-haiti-cholera-daily-bulletin-222.html )

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

Total suspected cases: 51,871 cases +416 in 24 hours, previous +21 in 24 hours

Total confirmed cases: 3,184* cases +108 in 7 days, previous +0 in 24h

Total hospitalized cases (suspected and confirmed): 45,442 cases +397 hospitalizations in 24 hours, the day before +16 in 24 hours

Total deaths: 760 deaths ((518 institutional (+9) and 241** community (+0)) +9, previous +0

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).

*Very partial data, not regularly updated. On the average of confirmed cases tested and the number of suspected cholera cases, the number of confirmed cases should be close to 18,000.

**Very partial community data.

Distribution of suspected cases, total since October 3:

Less than 1 year: 1,235 cases (+8)

1-4 years: 10,273 cases (+76)

5-9 years: 7,378 cases (+61)

10-14 years old: 3,754 cases (+34)

15-19 years old: 2,800 cases (+26)

20-29 years old: 6,656 cases (+57)

30-39 years old: 5,639 cases (+54)

40-49 years old: 4,254 cases (+37)

50-59 years old: 3,194 cases (+25)

60-69 years old: 2,265 cases (+20)

70-79 years old: 1,309 cases (+12)

80 years and +: 536 cases (+6)

Men: 53.98% men (-); Women 46.02 (+)

Positivity rate by age segment:

Number of tests carried out: 8,989 +215 in the previous 7 days +0 in 24 hours

Positivity rate: 35.42%, previous 35.05%

*Evolution of the positivity rate:

*The apparent drop, which indicates that nearly 55% of cases tested positive for cholera, does not reflect reality, but is caused by the absence of data updates for 6 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-39894-haiti-cholera-daily-bulletin-222.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