WHO reports new cases of cholera in three counties as world marks Toilet Day

Toilets at Baharini primary school in Nakuru Town East on October 19, 2018. [Photo, File]
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It further indicated that cumulatively, 5,796 cases including 78 deaths had been reported since January 1, 2018 in 20 out of 47 counties. In the report, one person died of measles in the country since the beginning of the year. A total of 650 cases were reported in six counties across the country. “Since the beginning of the year, six counties were hit by the measles outbreak, namely Mandera, Wajir, Garissa, Nairobi, Kitui and Murang'a. Except of Kitui, the outbreak is still ongoing active in those counties,” the bulletin read. Uganda lost two people to Crime-an-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), eight to Rift Valley Fever (RVF), one to cholera and one to measles.SEE ALSO :Gunfire, threats, curfews slow Congo's fight against Ebola
Tanzania lost 78 people to cholera since the year began.