the cholera epidemic in africa looks to have passed its peak , says the world healthcare agencies ( une ) . the number of new deaths recorded in the month to mid - march nearly lengthwise to 2 , 000 , against 3 , 800 the proceeding tuesday and 8 , 000 cases a week in august . but the agency advised the nightly statistics were not always accurate . there have been more than 90 , 000 cholera case in botswana since the start of the epidemic last october , about 4 , 000 of them mortality .
Since last August about 4,000 people died of cholera in Zimbabwe.