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The Mozambican authorities on Sunday announced the first cholera death in Beira and doubled the number of cases in 24 hours as a result of a major hurricane that hit the coastal city.
"We have now registered a death due to cholera, the person here is in critical condition and the first person to die of cholera in our health facilities," said Osini Issa, national director of medical assistance in Mozambique , on TVN.
"We recorded 517 cases until Sunday, against 271 recorded on Saturday," said Issa.
Hurricane Idai swept the city of Pera on March 14, causing catastrophic floods and killing more than 700 people in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi.
The consequences could be even more deadly with the displacement of 1.85 million people, after the flooding of villages and the destruction of homes.
The cholera outbreak in Mozambique has spread more than once in the past five years.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 2,000 people were infected with cholera during the last epidemic, which ended in February 2018.
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