A TOTAL of 232 new cholera cases have been reported in KwaZulu-Natal since Wednesday afternoon. The provincial health department said no new deaths were reported. Most of the cases occurred in Eshowe/Nkandla (81), Ulundi (50), Lower Umfolozi districts (47) and New Castle/Nqutu (21). There are still 274 people being treated in provincial hospitals. A total of 97_664 cases have been reported since the outbreak in August last year. The disease has claimed 207 lives. The disease has so far affected the Ugu region on the south coast, the Pietermaritzburg/Ndlovu region, Ladysmith, Ulundi, the Eshowe/Nkandla region, the Lower Umfolozi, the Durban Unicity, the Newcastle/Nqutu region, Jozini and Stanger. – Pana