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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Cholera death toll in Haiti surpasses 1,000

Via Xinhua :

" SANTO DOMINGO, Nov. 16 : More than 1,000 people have died in Haiti due to the cholera epidemic affecting the impoverished country, Haitian Health Minister Gabriel Timothee said on Tuesday.

According to news from Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital, Timothee also said that about 16,800 people have been hospitalized due to this disease.

However, according to him, last week there was a reduction of the number of deaths, dropping from 66 weekly to 46.

The most affected departments are Artibonite, Norte and Oeste, said Timothee.

Timothee said some 15,000 patients in hospital have returned home and he believes that the daily number of deaths will soon fall."

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