August 14, 2023: (latest data available, previous Ministry bulletin August 8 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-40337-haiti-cholera-daily-bulletin-265.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: 61,296 since October 3rd, 2022 +677, previous +39 partial

Total new confirmed cases: 3,782* cases +70, previous +16

Total hospitalized cases (suspected and confirmed): 55,096 since October 3rd, 2022 +728 hospitalizations, previous +44

Total deaths: 826 deaths ((578 institutional (+0) and 248** community (+0)) +0, previous +3

* 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

**Institutional not updated for 7 days. Very partial community, rare update...

Distribution of suspected cases, total since October 3rd:

Less than 1 year: 1,534 cases (+13)

1-4 years: 12,392 cases (+171)

5-9 years: 8,806 cases (+103)

10-14 years old: 4,620 cases (+70)

15-19 years old: 3,461 cases (+42)

20-29 years old: 7,788 cases (+2)

30-39 years old: 6,701 cases (+66)

40-49 years old: 5,013 cases (+58)

50-59 years old: 3,764 cases (+62)

60-69 years old: 2,753 cases (+38)

70-79 years old: 1,644 cases (+39)

80 years and over: 680 cases (+13)

Men: 53.38% men (-); Women 46.62% (+)

Positivity rate by age segment:

Number of tests carried out: 10,728 +252 in 6 days, previous +75

Positivity rate (average since the rate of the epidemic): 35.25%, previous 35.43%

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-40337-haiti-cholera-daily-bulletin-265.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