the cholera epidemic in zimbabwe appears to have passed its climax , says the american health organization ( who ) . the number of current cases recorded in the thursday to medium - march nearly quadrupled to 2 , 000 , against 3 , 800 the same week and 8 , 000 cases a week in november . but the agency warned the week statistics were not always accurate . there have been more than 90 , 000 cholera casualties in zambia on the beginnings of the event during december , about 4 , 000 of them fatal .
Since last August about 4,000 people died of cholera in Zimbabwe.