Cholera outbreak kills 2,071 people in Haiti
13:43, 7 December 2010
SANTO DOMINGO. December 7. KAZINFORM At least 2,071 people were killed in the nation's cholera epidemic which began there at the end of October, Haiti's Health Ministry said in a report Monday; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
The report said that a total of 91,770 people have been infected, of whom 43,243 were hospitalized and 41,806 were discharged after their conditions improved.
The cholera epidemic has killed a total of 2,071 people in the tiny island state and experts from the United Nations said that this number could continue to rise; Kazinform cites Xinhua.
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