Mozambique recorded 63 new cholera cases in 24 hours, bringing the total to 7,326 infections in the current epidemic, which has caused 82 deaths since September, according to official data.
According to the latest disease bulletin from the National Directorate of Public Health, covering the period from September 3 to March 9, the province of Nampula accounts for 3,207 of the total cases and 38 deaths, Tete for 2,625 cases and 32 deaths, and Cabo Delgado for 1,006 cases and eight deaths. Smaller totals were recorded in Zambézia (124 cases, one death), Manica (106 cases, two deaths) and Sofala (256 cases, one death), with one case each in Maputo city and Gaza province.
In the 24 hours prior to the bulletin’s cut-off (March 9), 63 new cases were confirmed, with the overall case fatality rate holding at 1.1% and 54 people hospitalised, with no deaths recorded in more than 72 hours. However, an outbreak was declared in the Doa district of Tete province.
The previous outbreak in the country, between October 17, 2024 and July 20, 2025, recorded 4,420 infections — 3,590 in Nampula — and 64 deaths, meaning the current epidemic has already surpassed both figures in less time.
Mozambican health authorities acknowledged on February 19 that the country is facing a cholera epidemic, with the disease already present in 22 districts, and launched a vaccination campaign targeting 3.5 million people.
“The country has an epidemic, clearly, because we have several outbreaks in various locations. The definition of an epidemic is when we have several outbreaks together, so yes, we have one,” said national public health director Quinhas Fernandes at a press conference in Maputo.
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The Mozambican government aims to eliminate cholera as a public health problem by 2030, under a plan approved by the Council of Ministers on September 16 and valued at 31 billion meticais (€418.5 million), targeting “a Mozambique free of cholera as a public health problem by 2030, where communities have access to safe water, sanitation and quality healthcare, achieved through multisectoral, coordinated actions informed by scientific evidence.”
