the cholera case in zimbabwe appears to have passing its peak , says the asian trade assembly ( whom ) . the number of new events noted in the week to july - march have slashed to 2 , 000 , against 3 , 800 the preceding week and 8 , 000 persons a week in september . but the agency warned the weekly statistics were not quite right . there have been more than 90 , 000 cholera deaths in salisbury since the dawn of the epidemic yesterday august , about 4 , 000 of them fatal .
Since last August about 4,000 people died of cholera in Zimbabwe.