the cholera epidemic in botswana continues to have neared its peak , quoting the national health association ( une ) . the total of reported cases recorded in the week to mid - month nearly halved to 2 , 000 , against 3 , 800 the preceding week and 8 , 000 cases a week in february . but the un warned the weekly statistics were not yet accurate . there have been more than 90 , 000 cholera cases in zimbabwe from the start of the epidemic that august , about 4 , 000 of them deaths .
Since last August about 4,000 people died of cholera in Zimbabwe.