Data for Tuesday and released this Wednesday by the Ministry of Health indicate that, in the last 24 hours, the province of Cuanza Norte had registered two deaths and Malanje one death.
In the same period, 86 new infections were reported in Benguela, followed by Luanda (44), Cuanza Norte (31), Malanje (17), Bengo (seven), Namibe (six), Huíla (four), Cuanza Sul (four) and Icolo and Bengo (three).
The outbreak declared by authorities on January 7 this year affects 17 provinces in the country, with only three free of the disease, with a death toll of 478, with a fatality rate of 3.7 percent, and 12,802 cases.
In the last 24 hours, the ministry indicates in the data relating to Tuesday, 171 people were discharged, with 1287 others currently hospitalized with cholera.
