South Sudan: Situation Report #15 on Cholera in South Sudan as at 23:59 Hours, 6 July 2015

Situation Update

As of 6 July 2015, a total of 724 cholera cases including 34 deaths have been reported in Juba County in Central Equatorial State and Bor County in Jonglei State. In Juba County 673 cases including 33 deaths (CFR 4.9%) have been reported from 75 villages in eight Payams (Table 1). In Bor 51 cases including 1 death (CFR 1.9%) were reported from Malou (26 cases) and 16 other areas around Bor.

The initial cases were traced back to 18 May 2015 in UN House PoC where the first cholera case was confirmed on 1 June 2015. Most of the cholera cases in Juba have been reported from New site followed by Gudele 2, Juba 3 PoC, Gumbo, and Gudele 1 (Figure 4).