June 19, 2023: (latest data available, previous Ministry bulletin June 18 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-39902-haiti-cholera-daily-bulletin-223.html )

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

Total suspected cases: 52,322 cases +451 in 24 hours, previous +416 in 24 hours

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

Total hospitalized cases (suspected and confirmed): 45,893 cases +451 hospitalizations in 24 hours, the day before +397 in 24 hours

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

*Not updated. Very partial data, irregular updating. On the average of confirmed cases tested and the number of suspected cholera cases since the start of the epidemic, the number of confirmed cases should be between 18,000 and 19,000 confirmed cases

**Very partial community data.

Distribution of suspected cases, total since October 3:

Less than 1 year: 1,250 cases (+15)

1-4 years: 10,356 cases (+83)

5-9 years: 7,448 cases (+70)

10-14 years old: 3,797 cases (+43)

15-19 years old: 2,833 cases (+33)

20-29 years old: 6,708 cases (+52)

30-39 years old: 5,690 cases (+51)

40-49 years old: 4,286 cases (+32)

50-59 years old: 3,226 cases (+32)

60-69 years old: 2,283 cases (+18)

70-79 years old: 1,326 cases (+17)

80 years and over: 541 cases (+5)

Men: 53.98% men (=); Women 46.02 (=)

Positivity rate by age segment:

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

*Not updated in the last 24 hours

Positivity rate: 35.42%, previous 35.42%

**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-39902-haiti-cholera-daily-bulletin-223.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