Mozambique’s National Directorate of Public Health has reported a sharp escalation in the country’s cholera outbreak, confirming 2,650 cases and 32 deaths since the disease resurfaced in September 2025.
In its latest bulletin, covering the period up to 20 January, the directorate said transmission remained concentrated in the northern provinces, with Nampula accounting for more than half of all infections.
Nampula has recorded 1,314 cases and 17 deaths, making it the epicentre of the outbreak. Tete province has reported 932 cases and 13 deaths while Cabo Delgado has registered 404 cases and two fatalities.
Health authorities say the situation has worsened in recent days, with 300 new infections and four deaths reported in the past five days alone – all of them in Nampula.
Seventy‑one new cases were confirmed in the 24 hours preceding the bulletin’s release on Monday.
Officials warn that the current lethality rate of 1.2 percent is more than double the 0.5 percent recorded in December, signalling growing pressure on local health systems.
The outbreak followed a previous wave that ran from October 2024 to July 2025 during which Mozambique recorded 4,420 cases and 64 deaths, with Nampula again the hardest‑hit province.
Health authorities say surveillance and response teams have been deployed across affected.
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