Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you are given a sentence in the Romanian language. Your job is to translate the Romanian sentence into the English language.

Un total de 17 cazuri confirmate de holeră au fost raportate ieri de Organizația Mondială a Sănătății în orașul Basra din sudul Irakului.
A total of 17 confirmed cases of cholera were reported yesterday by the World Health Organisation in the southern Iraqi city of Basra.