Rhino: Agencies – The Sudanese Ministry of Health revealed on Thursday that cholera cases continued to rise to 43,490 cases, including 1,187 deaths in 11 states in the country.

A statement issued today, Thursday, by the Emergency Operations Center of the Federal Ministry of Health, explained that “221 new cases of cholera were recorded, including two deaths in eight states, namely Al-Jazeera, Gedaref, White Nile, Kassala, Nile River, Khartoum, Northern and Sennar.

The statement added that the total number of infections amounted to 43,490, including 1,187 deaths, from 81 localities in 11 Sudanese states.

In River Nile State, the Ministry of Health revealed that 45 new cases of cholera were recorded on Thursday, indicating a noticeable increase in cholera cases, amounting to 7,215 cases, including 134 deaths. The number of patients in isolation centers reached 83 patients with no deaths recorded by the state for the day, with 4,391 people recovering.

For its part, the Ministry of Health in the eastern state of Kassala revealed that cholera infection rates have increased to 8,066 cases, including 240 deaths.