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Between 1900 and 1920, perhaps eight million people died of cholera in India. [106] Cholera officially became the first reportable disease in the United States due to the significant effects it had on health. [17] John Snow, in England, in 1854 was the first to identify the importance of contaminated water as its source of transmission. [17]
Pages in category "Deaths from cholera" The following 183 pages are in this category, out of 183 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Ivane Abkhazi;
The sixth cholera pandemic, which was due to the classical strain of O1, had little effect in western Europe because of advances in sanitation and public health, but major Russian cities and the Ottoman Empire particularly suffered a high rate of cholera deaths. More than 500,000 people died of cholera in Russia from 1900 to 1925, which was a ...
More than 350 people have died from cholera in Nigeria in the first nine months of this year, a 239% jump from the same period last year, data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC ...
Cholera had killed 1,002 people as of Tuesday, while 1,115 people were hospitalized from the outbreak that started in March 2022, Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda said.
Cholera claimed 90,000 lives in Russia in 1866. [36] The epidemic of cholera that spread with the Austro-Prussian War (1866) is estimated to have killed 165,000 people in the Austrian Empire. [37] In 1867, 113,000 died from cholera in Italy. [38] and 80,000 in Algeria. [35] Outbreaks in North America in 1866–1873 killed some 50,000 Americans ...
In cases of cholera gravis involving severe dehydration, up to 60% of patients can die; however, less than 1% of cases treated with rehydration therapy are fatal. The disease typically lasts 4–6 days.
Zambia is reeling from a major cholera outbreak that has killed more than 400 people and infected more than 10,000, leading authorities to order schools across the country to remain shut after the ...