March 28, 2023: (latest available data, previous Ministry bulletin March 23, 2023 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-39232-haiti-cholera-daily-bulletin-142.html

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

Total suspected cases: 38,596 cases +17 in 24 hours (%), the day before +100 in 24 hours

Total confirmed cases: 2,579 cases +2 (%), The day before +1

Total hospitalized cases (suspected and confirmed): 33,165 cases +16 in 24 hours (%), previous +73 in 24 hours

Total deaths: 642 deaths ((429 institutional (+0) and 213 community (+0)) +0 (%), previous: +0 (no update from the Ministry for 3 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 and deviations of suspected cases, total since October 3:

(***Partial and incomplete Ministry data)

Less than 1 year: + 842 (+1)

1-4 years: 7,857 cases (+5)

5-9 years: 5,610 cases (+3)

10-14 years old: 2,759 cases (+0)

15-19 years old: 2,031 cases (+0)

20-29 years old: 5,052 cases (+1)

30-39 years old: 4,365 cases (+2)

40-49 years old: 3,179 cases (+1)

50-59 years old: 2,404 cases (+1)

60-69 years old: 1,681 cases (+2)

70-79 years old: 940 cases (+1)

80 years and over: 98 cases cases (The MSPP no longer updates this data)

Men: 55.09% men (+); Women 44.91% (-)

Positivity rate by age segment:

Number of tests carried out: 7,193 +25 in 24 hours the day before +27

Positivity rate: 35.85%, previous 35.95%

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-39232-haiti-cholera-daily-bulletin-142.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