Medical sources have said that the cholera outbreak in Sudan’s North Kordofan has claimed 21 lives in the Al-Mazroub area, as the disease continues to spread.
They said more than 400 infections have been confirmed since the outbreak began on June 2, with new cases emerging daily amid worsening conditions.
A nurse at the isolation centre in Al-Mazroub Hospital said five deaths were recorded on July 2 alone, raising the total death toll to 21.
The nurse said health workers registered 52 new infections over the past two days, highlighting the relentless pace of the outbreak.
Around 50 patients remain hospitalised at the treatment centre in the Fuga area, where overcrowding has forced medical teams to treat some patients outside the wards.
The crisis has deepened across North and West Kordofan, with Fuga in Al-Nuhud locality among the hardest-hit areas after at least 80 people died there before the disease spread further.
Medical staff warned that supplies of intravenous fluids, medicines and essential equipment are falling far short of growing demand despite response efforts.
Health authorities and local communities continue working to contain the outbreak, but overstretched facilities and dwindling resources have left frontline workers battling a rapidly escalating emergency.
