/ 15 March 2001

KZN CHOLERA TOLL CLIMBS TO 140

THE cholera death toll in KwaZulu-Natal has reached 140 after a 70-year-old woman from the Esihlangwini area died at the Mosvold hospital, the provincial health department said. A total of 70558 people have been infected by the disease since mid-August last year. Since Tuesday, 797 new infections were reported, down on the 1007 new infections reported on Monday.