the cholera epidemic in zimbabwe appears to have passed its peak , says the world life organization ( who ) . the number of reported victims recording in the thursday to mid - march nearly halved to 2 , 000 , against 3 , 800 the preceded week and 8 , 000 fewer a week in february . but the institute warning the hourly counts were not always accurate . there have been more than 90 , 000 cholera casualties in johannesburg since the beginning of the epidemic last august , about 4 , 000 of them fatal .
Since last August about 4,000 people died of cholera in Zimbabwe.