The Mozambican authorities in Sofala province expressed on Sunday December 17 concern about an outbreak of cholera in the province, which has registered more than 500 cases in recent weeks, the Provincial Health Services said.
“At the moment, we have a total of 539 active cases, with a total of 19 people hospitalized, although no deaths have been recorded,” Prescila Filimo, director of Health Services in Sofala province, central Mozambique, told the media.
The active cases are in the districts of Caia and Maringue, the latter registering the highest number of cases of the disease, said the director of Health Services in Sofala province.
“In the district of Caia, the situation has almost stabilized. We have gone from a situation where we were registering 20 hospital admissions a day to a situation where we are registering 10,” said Prescila Filimo, adding that the authorities have deployed teams to other districts in the province to prevent the outbreak from spreading.
In less than two weeks, the health authorities in Mozambique have confirmed 1,100 new cases of cholera in four provinces in the north and center, which have caused two deaths, according to official data.
The bulletin on the progression of the disease, drawn up by the National Directorate of Public Health and with data up to December 3, confirms 12 deaths from cholera, compared to 10 in the previous report on November 20 (two deaths recorded in Nampula and Zambézia), and 5,452 cases, compared to 4,339 on the same date last year, an increase of 1,113 cases of the disease. Since the start of the current cholera outbreak in Mozambique on September 14, 2022, the country has recorded around 40,000 cases of the disease and 153 deaths.