the cholera epidemic in zambia seems to have passed its peak , says the world health organization ( who ) . the number of newly cases listed in the year to early - march nearly peeled to 2 , 000 , against 3 , 800 the first week and 8 , 000 reports a week in may . but the institute warned the regular results were not always accurate . there have been more than 90 , 000 infected cases in salisbury before the start of the fever last august , about 4 , 000 of them fatal .
Since last August about 4,000 people died of cholera in Zimbabwe.