Zambia cholera outbreak situation reports

Zambia Cholera Oubreak Situation Report - 14 March 2018

Lusaka District: As of 06:00hrs on 14 March, 2018 there were 32 new cases (11 children and 21 adults). There was one cholera death, a BID from Chipata.

• There were 66 patients under treatment, 52 patients had been discharged.

• Cumulative cases for Lusaka now stand at 4,443 with 82 deaths

• Based on the most recent statistics, the Case Fatality Rate for the current outbreak is 1.85%. (Facility CFR=0.68%) with a weekly incidence rate of 7/100,000 population at close of week 10, up from 4/100,000 the previous week. Countrywide: The cumulative number of cases recorded is 4,833 with 96 deaths.