The death toll from a cholera outbreak in South Sudan has risen to 334 from 274 in the last month, according to data from the country’s health ministry.
The outbreak has affected 28 counties in seven states. The country has 10 states and three administrative areas.
Data released in December had recorded the deaths of 60 people and 6,000 cases.
Response to outbreak
South Sudan had declared a cholera outbreak in Upper Nile State in October after the first suspected case was reported September 28 in Renk, a border town between Sudan and South Sudan.
A health ministry official, Harriet Akello Pasquale told newsmen that the finance and planning ministry allocated one billion South Sudan Pounds ($250,000) to respond to the outbreak.
She said the funds will strengthen water, sanitation and health services interventions, risk communication activities case management and treatment.
The South Sudanese government launched a campaign last week to vaccinate more than 300,000 people.
