[Iran Press TV] The corpse count from a cholera epidemic in northern and western Mozambique has risen to 41 since the country was hit by widespread flooding in December 2014.Mozambique Ministry of Health front man, Quinhas Fernandes, told a presser on Monday that 4,518 cases of cholera and 41 deaths have been recorded since December 25, 2014.
The number of confirmed cases has more than doubled and the number of fatalities has risen by almost 50 percent over the past two weeks.
The spread of cholera went up after widespread flooding broke out in Mozambique between December and January, killing 158 people and affecting 170,000.
According to Fernandes the worst-hit region is the western province of Tete, where more than 1,650 cases have been recorded over the past two months.