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WHO's Cholera Response Dashboard has returned to life after a week offline, and reports 1,093,410 cases and 2,277 deaths as of April 28. That is an increase of 2,122 cases and two deaths since April 20.
Cumulative figures
The cumulative total from 27 April 2017 to 8 April 2018 is 1,088,030 suspected cholera cases and 2,272 associated deaths, (CFR 0.21%), 1113 have been confirmed by culture.
The total proportion of severe cases among the suspected cases is 15.4%
The national attack rate is 389.2 per 10,000. The five governorates with the highest cumulative attack rates per 10,000 remain Amran (904), Al Mahwit (880), Al Dhale’e (639), Sana’a (528) and Dhamar (526).
Children under 5 years old represent 28.8% of total suspected cases.
In total, 40,544 rapid diagnostic tests (RDT).
3,027 cultures have been performed which represents 22% coverage.
The last positive culture was on 9 Mar 2018 in Al Hali district in Al Hudeideh governorate
Since 1st of Jan 2018 the districts with highest cumulative suspected cases are Al Hali (4281), Maqbanah (1,795), Radman Al Awad (1,621), Al Sabaeen (1,616), Bani Al Harith (1,478)
158 districts are still reporting suspected cholera cases since last 3 weeks
147 districts (out of 305 affected districts) did not report any suspected cases for the last three consecutive weeks
Governorate and District level
At governorate level, the trend from W11 –W13 decrease or was stable in all governorates.
Trends
The trend of weekly number of cases is decreasing since week 36.
The weekly proportion of severe cases has significantly decreased (now 15%).
Week 14 2018
1,721 suspected cases and 1 associated deaths were reported
The districts reporting the highest number of cases are Radman Al Awad (125), Al Hali (120), Dhamar City (76), Ash Sharyah (72).
15 % are severe cases
1,721 RDTs were performed, 180 were positive
no culture results received this week
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
