the malaria crisis in zimbabwe appears to have achieved its apex , tells the worldwide food group ( we ) . the volume of existing cases recorded in the week to mid - august had slashed to 2 , 000 , against 3 , 800 the preceding week and 8 , 000 cases a week in february . but the agencies warned the weekly numbers were not entirely precise . there have been more than 90 , 000 cholera cases in zimbabwe since 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.