Cholera Outbreak in Darfur This brings the total number of cases since the outbreak to 10,027, including 410 deaths.
The cholera outbreak in Darfur has spread to multiple areas, with a total of 10,027 cases reported since the outbreak, including 410 deaths. The areas most affected by the outbreak are Tawila, Rubia, Jebel Marra, and several displacement camps.
This brings the total number of cases since the outbreak to 10,027, including 410 deaths.
The areas with the highest cholera outbreaks are: Tawila, with a total of 5,106 daily cases since the outbreak, including 77 deaths, and 29 new cases recorded today.
Rubia: with a total of 355 daily cases since the outbreak, including 22 deaths.
Jebel Marra areas: Golo, with a cumulative total of 1,329 daily cases since the outbreak, including 52 deaths.
Jaldo: with a total of 89 daily cases, including 12 deaths.
Nertiti: The daily cumulative number of cases since the outbreak has reached 141, including nine deaths, with nine new cases recorded today.
Galol and Tur: The daily cumulative number of cases since the outbreak has reached four, including two deaths.
Rokero: The daily cumulative number of cases since the outbreak has reached 420, including 11 deaths. 48 new cases were recorded today.
Fanga: The daily cumulative number of cases has reached 178, including six deaths.
East Jebel Marra, Deira: The daily cumulative number of cases since the outbreak has reached 161, including nine deaths. There are currently 47 cases in isolation centers.
Fina: 10 confirmed cholera cases.
Liba and Bele Serif: New outbreaks. The daily cumulative number of cases has reached two, including one death.
Dubo Al-Omda: The daily cumulative number of cases since the outbreak has reached 17, including three deaths.
South Jebel Marra, Terti area: The daily cumulative number of cases since the outbreak has reached nine.
Sortoni camp: The daily cumulative number of cases has reached 85, including 11 deaths.
The total number of cases recorded in South Darfur today is 118, including four deaths.
Kalma camp: The daily cumulative number of cases has reached 457, including 64 deaths.
Atash camp: The daily cumulative number of cases since the outbreak has reached 236, including 55 deaths.
Dreig camp: The daily cumulative number of cases since the outbreak has reached 139, including four deaths. Cases have also been recorded in Al-Salam camp.
In East Darfur, in the Khazan Jadid area, the daily cumulative number of cases since the outbreak has reached 101, including 20 deaths.
The cholera outbreak continues to spread to Zalingei. In the Hamidiya and Hasahisa camps, the daily cumulative number of cases since the outbreak has reached 108, including six deaths. In the Khamsa Daqiq camp, the daily cumulative number of cases has reached three, including one death. In the Azum area, west of Zalingei, the daily cumulative number of cases since the outbreak has reached 109, including two deaths. In Zalingei and surrounding areas, the daily cumulative number of cases since the outbreak has reached 93. In the agricultural area of Campo Weir, east of Zalingei, the daily cumulative number of cases has reached two, and in Orkom, south of Zalingei, the daily cumulative number of cases since the outbreak has reached four.
The epidemic continues to spread in several areas of Darfur, including areas and villages surrounding Zalingei city, the Tawila area, Jebel Marra, Nyala, and Khazan Jadid in Shaeria locality, as well as displacement camps, where the disease has spread at unprecedented rates. Despite the shortage of medical supplies and isolation centers, humanitarian organizations, local volunteers, emergency rooms, and local authorities are making tremendous efforts to combat the disease. However, significant difficulties and challenges remain due to the increasing rates of infection, threatening people’s lives and representing a forgotten humanitarian nightmare and disaster in a country torn apart by war, famine, and disease. We call on the World Health Organization and relevant institutions to take effective and urgent action to prevent this health and humanitarian emergency facing Sudanese communities in displacement areas where the epidemic is spreading.
Adam Rojal
