au-Prince, Jumada II 18, 1432, May 21, 2011, SPA -- More than 5,200 people have died from cholera in Haiti over the last seven months, dpa quoted health authorities as saying Saturday. The first cases in the Caribbean nation's worst cholera epidemic in a century was first detected in the Artibonite province north of the capital Port-au-Prince in October. At least 300,000 people have since been infected - at an estimated rate of 560 per day - according to the latest reports. At least four people die of curable waterborne disease every day.
