Angola reached a total of 702 cases of cholera on Wednesday since the outbreak began on January 7, with 37 new cases, 21 of which were in the Luanda area, according to the latest epidemiological bulletin from the Ministry of Health (Minsa).
Currently, the outbreak that began in Luanda, with its epicenter in the municipality of Cacuaco, has spread to four other provinces: Bengo, Icolo and Bengo, Malanje and Huambo.
The 708 cases are distributed across Luanda (505), Icolo and Bengo (132), Bengo (67), Malanje (3) and Huambo (1), with ages ranging from 2 to 81 years old, with 32 deaths and 63 people hospitalized. with anger.
The most affected age groups are: 2 to 9 years old, with 176 cases and 10 deaths, and 10 to 19 years old, with 176 cases and three deaths.
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