The ministry said in a statement that the cumulative infection rate of the latest outbreak had reached 9,533 cases as of Sunday, Xinhua news agency reported.
Last month, Sudan's Health Minister Haitham Mohammed Ibrahim officially declared an outbreak of cholera in the country.
"Laboratory testing of the watery diarrhea at the public health laboratory proved it to be cholera," Ibrahim said in a statement.
The announcement came soon after the World Health Organization (WHO) said about 316 people had died from cholera in Sudan, Xinhua news agency reported.
WHO spokesperson Margaret Harris reportedly said in a media call that Sudan has reported 11,327 cases of cholera with 316 deaths and that dengue fever and meningitis infections are also on the rise.
He also said that WHO expects the actual number of cholera infections to be higher than the reported number.
Since war broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in April 2023, epidemic diseases such as cholera, malaria, measles and dengue fever have spread, killing hundreds of people.
Last month, Sudan's Health Minister Haitham Mohammed Ibrahim officially declared an outbreak of cholera in the country.
"Laboratory testing of the watery diarrhea at the public health laboratory proved it to be cholera," Ibrahim said in a statement.
The announcement came soon after the World Health Organization (WHO) said about 316 people had died from cholera in Sudan, Xinhua news agency reported.
WHO spokesperson Margaret Harris reportedly said in a media call that Sudan has reported 11,327 cases of cholera with 316 deaths and that dengue fever and meningitis infections are also on the rise.
He also said that WHO expects the actual number of cholera infections to be higher than the reported number.
Since war broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in April 2023, epidemic diseases such as cholera, malaria, measles and dengue fever have spread, killing hundreds of people.
