The WHO posted: HEALTH CLUSTER BULLETIN: CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN HAITI –SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2010 – #9

“The violence and instability in Haiti due to results of the November 28th election has had a detrimental effect on the fight against the cholera epidemic. The epidemiological data reported indicates that the disease has reached all 10 department of the island nation, and will continue to spread…

EPIDEMIOLOGY

“On December 10th, MSPP reported that the cumulative number of hospital visits and deaths due to cholera, as of December 6th, was 97,595 and 2,193 respectively, giving an overall Case Fatality Rate of 2.2%. Of this total, 46,749 of patients have been hospitalized due to cholera. The in-hospital case fatality rate for the whole country is 3.2%….”

More at: http://new.paho.org/disasters/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1608