April 17, 2023: (latest available data, previous Ministry bulletin April 16, 2023 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-39380-haiti-cholera-daily-bulletin-160.html

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

Total suspected cases: 40,418 cases +139 in 24 hours, the day before +30 in 24 hours

Total confirmed cases: 2,671 cases +2, the day before +37 in 24 hours

Total hospitalized cases (suspected and confirmed): 34,935 cases +156 in 24 hours, the day before +29 in 24 hours

Total deaths: 670 deaths ((448 institutional (+0) and 222 community (+0)) +0, the day before +1

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: + 930 (+4)

1-4 years: 8,240 cases (+27)

5-9 years: 5,883 cases (+23)

10-14 years old: 2,921 cases (+12)

15-19 years old: 2,119 cases (+1)

20-29 years old: 5,270 cases (+18)

30-39 years old: 4,534 cases (+11)

40-49 years old: 3,325 cases (+17)

50-59 years old: 2,525 cases (+15)

60-69 years old: 1,776 cases (+5)

70-79 years old: 1,015 cases (+6)

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: 7,571 +16 in 24 hours previous +97 in 24 hours

Positivity rate: 35.27%, previous 35.32%

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-39380-haiti-cholera-daily-bulletin-160.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