Haiti cholera toll passes grim milestone

17 Nov 2010, 6:00 am   -   Source: AAP
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A child with cholera symptoms is treated by volunteer American doctors at a hospital in Archaie, Haiti (AP)

A child with cholera symptoms is treated by volunteer American doctors at a hospital in Archaie, Haiti (AP)

More than 1000 people have died from cholera in Haiti and 16,800 have been hospitalised, health officials say.

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More than 1000 people have died from cholera in Haiti and 16,800 have been hospitalised, health officials said on Tuesday, as the outbreak spreads among earthquake survivors in the capital's tent cities.

The health ministry death toll of 1034 - accurate up to Sunday - is 117 higher than the last official toll announced at the weekend, nearly a month after the disease surfaced in the desperately poor Caribbean nation.

Authorities also said 16,799 people had received hospital treatment, about 2150 more than the last update on November 14.

Haitian officials and aid workers fear the epidemic could spread rapidly if it takes hold in Port-au-Prince's makeshift camps where hundreds of thousands of earthquake refugees live in cramped and unsanitary conditions.

A January earthquake flattened much of the capital, leaving more than 250,000 people dead and displacing an estimated 1.3 million of Haiti's 10 million population.

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