April 18, 2023: (latest available data, previous Ministry bulletin April 17, 2023 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-39388-haiti-cholera-daily-bulletin-161.html

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

Total suspected cases: 40,567 cases +149 in 24 hours, the day before +139 in 24 hours

Total confirmed cases: 2,672 cases +1, the day before +2 in 24 hours

Total hospitalized cases (suspected and confirmed): 35,078 cases +143 in 24 hours, the day before +156 in 24 hours

Total deaths: 670• deaths ((448 institutional (+0) and 222 community (+0)) +0, the day before +0

* Information not updated for 2 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:

Less than 1 year: + 933 (+3)

1-4 years: 8,263 cases (+23)

5-9 years: 5,899 cases (+16)

10-14 years old: 2,934 cases (+13)

15-19 years old: 2,125 cases (+6)

20-29 years old: 5,300 cases (+30)

30-39 years old: 4,549 cases (+15)

40-49 years old: 3,342 cases (+17)

50-59 years old: 2,539 cases (+14)

60-69 years old: 1,783 cases (+7)

70-79 years old: 1,020 cases (+5)

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

Men: 54.80% men (=); Women 45.19 (=)

Positivity rate by age segment:

Number of tests performed: 7,588 +17 in previous 24 hours +16 in 24 hours

Positivity rate: 35.21%, previous 35.27%

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-39388-haiti-cholera-daily-bulletin-161.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