Sudan reports over 1,300 new cholera cases, 18 deaths in a week

July 22, 2025 (PORT SUDAN) – Sudan recorded more than 1,300 new cholera infections and 18 related deaths in the past week, the health ministry announced on Tuesday, with the highest concentration of new cases in the conflict-hit North Darfur region.

A report from the ministry’s Emergency Operations Centre specified 1,307 cases and 18 deaths were registered in 35 localities across 12 states. The Tawila locality in North Darfur reported the highest number of infections, with 519 cases.

Tawila hosts some 560,000 displaced people, many of whom recently fled fighting in the city of El Fasher. They face harsh conditions with limited humanitarian access and shortages of food, clean water, and health services, the report noted.

The latest figures bring the cumulative total of cholera infections across Sudan to 91,034, with 2,302 deaths recorded in 17 of the country’s 18 states since the outbreak began.

The new surge in cases follows a period of decline after emergency interventions, including vaccination campaigns. The ministry noted a drop in cholera cases in the capital, Khartoum, but also reported a rise in malaria and eight new measles infections nationwide.

Separately, the Sudan Doctors’ Network, an independent medical group, corroborated the figures, reporting 1,331 new cases in the Tawila area alone.

In a statement, the network described the rapid spread as a “dangerous indicator of the fragility of the health system” and attributed it to a lack of sanitation and clean water, which it blamed on the ongoing war.

It warned the situation could worsen without immediate intervention and called on the World Health Organization (WHO) and Sudan’s health ministry to provide medical supplies and open urgent humanitarian corridors to contain the outbreak.