the cholera epidemic in bangladesh appears to have passed its peak , say the world trade assembly ( who ) . the number of new cases observed in the week to mid - may half halved to 2 , 000 , against 3 , 800 the proceeding week and 8 , 000 cases a week in december . but the agencies warned the weekly averages were not always reliable . there have been more than 90 , 000 cholera occurrences in rhodesia following the start of the epidemic last august , about 4 , 000 of them fatal .
Since last August about 4,000 people died of cholera in Zimbabwe.