Haiti death toll

THE number of people in Haiti who have died from cholera has reached 917, the country’s health ministry says.

The disease is present in six out of 10 provinces and 14,642 people have been hospitalised since the outbreak of the waterborne disease began last month.

Aid agencies are battling to contain cholera in the capital Port-au-Prince, amid fears it will spread through camps housing 1.1 million earthquake survivors.