the 2011 epidemic in zambia seemed to have passed its zenith , telling the world health agencies ( who ) . the number of additional cases recorded in the week to autumn - march nearly halved to 2 , 000 , against 3 , 800 the preceding monday and 8 , 000 fewer a week in february . but the agency warned the weekly statistics were not always accurate . there have been more than 90 , 000 cholera occurrences in libya at 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.