The Sudanese News Agency (SUNA) quoted the Ministry of Health in Khartoum State as saying on Thursday that the recovery rate among cholera patients in isolation centers reached 89%.
The ministry revealed a decrease in the number of infections and deaths from the pandemic, according to monitoring of cases over the previous two days.
She explained that 942 infections and 25 deaths were recorded on Wednesday, while the number of infections on Tuesday reached 1,177 cases and 45 deaths.
For his part, the Director General of Emergency and Epidemics at the Ministry of Health in Khartoum State, Mohamed El-Tijani, confirmed that all test results conducted on patients in isolation centers were "positive," revealing that they had been infected with cholera. He denied that the infections were related to chemical poisoning.
Al-Tijani pointed out that most of the injuries occurred as a result of environmental degradation and water pollution in the Al-Saliha area of Omdurman.
He stressed that the Khartoum State Ministry of Health is capable of confronting the pandemic and working to contain it in the coming period, by intensifying interventions at the local level, detecting cases early, providing the necessary medicines and solutions, and ensuring clean water sources.
On Saturday, the Sudanese Ministry of Health announced that the average number of cholera cases in Khartoum State has been between 600 and 700 per week over the past four weeks.
The number of cholera cases reached 60,993, including 1,632 deaths, according to the latest government statistics issued on May 6.
On August 12, 2024, Sudanese authorities declared a cholera epidemic in the country. However, the epidemic had been declining since February 2025, before resurging again due to the use of contaminated drinking water, resulting from the shutdown of major water stations in several areas, according to observers.
The country's health disasters coincide with widespread water and electricity outages due to the ongoing war between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has been ongoing since mid-April 2023. The war has left more than 20,000 dead and approximately 15 million displaced and refugees, according to the United Nations and local authorities. Research conducted by American universities estimates the death toll at approximately 130,000.
