Angola has 10,771 cases and 404 deaths due to the disease, which is growing worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which associates the global increase in cholera with conflicts, natural disasters and climate change.
According to the representative of the World Health Organization, Philippe Barboza, the capital Luanda was seriously affected and, in the last month, the country registered almost 3,500 cases, which represents 56 percent of the total in Africa.
Angola, with 36 percent of the cases reported worldwide, is also one of the countries with the highest fatality rate, close to 4 percent, above the 1 percent rate defined as acceptable by the WHO.
Cholera is also affecting previously disease-free countries such as Namibia, which recorded infections for the first time in 10 years this year, while Kenya, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe are also seeing a resurgence.
Recent cuts in international aid funding are also making it harder to fight the disease, the WHO expert said, noting that outbreaks are getting worse.
According to the Ministry of Health, in the last 24 hours, 206 cases of cholera were reported to the Data Processing Center of the Epidemiological Surveillance System of the National Secretariat of Public Health.
Benguela province, with 83 cases, is now the epicenter of the disease, which is spread across 17 of the country's 21 provinces.
In the last 24 hours, 6 deaths were recorded and 625 people with cholera are hospitalized.
Since the outbreak began on 7 January, a cumulative total of 10,771 cases have been reported, more than 40 percent of which are in Luanda province.
Cholera is an intestinal infection transmitted by the ingestion of contaminated water or food, associated with unhealthiness, poor sanitation conditions and poor water quality.
