the cholera epidemic in zimbabwe appears to have reach its peak , according the world diseases organization ( who ) . the number of new cases recorded in the week to mid - march near halved to 2 , 000 , against 3 , 800 the ensuing week and 8 , 000 fewer a thursday in july . but the agency said the yearly statistics were not always accurate . there have been more than 90 , 000 cholera cases in zimbabwe since the start of the epidemic last august , about 4 , 000 of them fatally .
Since last August about 4,000 people died of cholera in Zimbabwe.