At least 5,178 suspected cases of cholera, including 161 associated deaths were reported from 46 localities of nine states as of December 2, figures from Sudan’s Health ministry and the World Health Organization (WHO) show.

War-torn Sudan first declared an outbreak of Cholera in Gedaref on September 26. The disease had now spread to 46 localities in Aj Jazirah, Blue Nile, Gedaref, Kassala, Khartoum, Red Sea, Sennar, South Kordofan and White Nile states as of November 28.