A recent report revealed that cholera cases in Yemen have risen to nearly 220,000 cases since the beginning of this year.

A joint report by the United Nations Children’s Fund and the Water and Sanitation Cluster stated: “A total of 219,009 suspected cases of acute watery diarrhea and cholera were reported in most parts of Yemen, during the period between January 1 and last October 20.”

The statistics included in the report indicated that most of the cases were detected in the northern governorates, accounting for more than 80 percent of the total cases reported throughout the country.

Hajjah occupied the list of Yemeni governorates in terms of the rate of infection with the epidemic, followed by Al-Hudaydah, then Amran, Ibb, and Dhamar.

The report stated that humanitarian partners were able to reach 1,118,588 people with services to provide clean water, sanitation, and hygiene supplies in 141 areas and 128 internal displacement sites since the beginning of this year, as part of joint response efforts to confront the cholera outbreak.

On October 15, the United Nations announced that 203,000 cases of cholera had been detected in Yemen, in addition to 720 deaths related to the disease, during the current year.

The World Health Organization classifies the resurgence of cholera in Yemen and the rest of the world as a third-degree emergency.