Of the 139 laboratory confirmed human cases of Rift Valley fever, 93 cases including five deaths are from Free State, 36 cases including four deaths are from Northern Cape, eight cases from the Eastern Cape, one from North West and one whose history is still unknown.
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Additional suspect cases are currently being tested.>Outbreak investigations by the Department of Health and the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries are ongoing, supported by the South African Field Epidemiology and Training Programme (SA-FELTP) and NICD.>The RVF continues to spread far and wide among livestock affecting sheep, goats and cattle on farms within the Free State, Eastern Cape; Northern Cape and Gauteng Provinces.
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>As of this morning 24 March 2010, five more laboratory confirmed human cases of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) have been reported by the National Institute of Communicable Disease (NICD), bringing the total to 47 of people infected by RVF.>Of the 47 laboratory confirmed cases, the NICD reported that 41 cases with two deaths are in Free State, three in Eastern Cape and three Northern Cape.
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