The country is in the grip of a cholera epidemic, during the last 14 months, around 400,000 suspected cases have been reported across the country, while 1,140 confirmed cases have been reported.
According to a report of the Ministry of Health, 387 thousand 174 suspected cholera cases were reported in the country during the last fourteen months, the highest number of 2 lakh 2 thousand 164 suspected cases of cholera were reported from Balochistan.
In fourteen months, 61 thousand 719 cases were reported in Sindh, 60041 cases in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 39291 cases in Punjab, 23959 suspected cases in Islamabad.
According to sources, 1014 confirmed cases of cholera were reported in the country during 14 months, and 43 cholera deaths were reported during this period, including 40 deaths in Balochistan and 3 deaths in KP.
According to the report, in the last 14 months, the highest number of 458 confirmed cholera cases were reported from Sindh, 246 confirmed cases of cholera in Punjab, 196 confirmed cases in Balochistan, 83 confirmed cases in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 31 confirmed cases in Islamabad, while No cases of cholera have been reported in Azad Kashmir.
The last cholera case in Punjab was reported on 27 September 2022, the last cholera case in Balochistan was reported on 5 January this year, the last cholera case in KP was reported on 28 December 2022, the last cholera case in Sindh was on 16 January this year and the last cholera case in Islamabad The case was reported on August 5, 2022.
