Via Xinhua :
" PORT-AU-PRINCE, Nov. 29 : At least 1,721 people died in the nation's cholera epidemic which began there just over a month ago, Haiti's Health Ministry said in a Monday statement.
A total of 75,888 people have suffered infection, of whom 33, 485 needed hospital treatment, the ministry said. Northern city Artibonite, with 750 dead, is the worst affected. Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince saw 162 deaths.
On Sunday, the Health Ministry of the Dominican Republic, which shares Caribbean Island Hispaniola with Haiti, reported seven cholera cases, but no deaths, during a Sunday press conference. There has also been at least one confirmed case in Miami, a city in U.S. state Florida that is a frequent first stop for Haitians leaving their home."
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