Syrian Health Ministry Says Cholera Death Toll Rises to 29

Syrians take part in a Cholera prevention and awareness campaign, held by a non-profit organization, at a camp for internally displaced people in the town of Sarmada in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on Sept. 25, 2022. Aaref Watad/AFP via Getty Images

AMMAN—Syria said on Monday that 29 people had died of cholera in what the United Nations has called the worst outbreak of the disease in the war-torn country for years.

Rapid assessment testing has confirmed 338 cases since the outbreak was first recorded last month, Syria’s health ministry said in a statement, with the bulk of the deaths and cases in the northern Aleppo province.