the hiv event in zimbabwe appears to have passes its peak , says the world health organization ( why ) . the number of newer deaths recorded in the week to mid - june nearly diced to 2 , 000 , against 3 , 800 the subsequent week and 8 , 000 causes a week in september . but the agency warned the weekly statistics were not always inaccurate . there have been more than 90 , 000 cholera instances in africa until the start of the epidemic that august , about 4 , 000 of them fatal .
Since last August about 4,000 people died of cholera in Zimbabwe.