KHARTOUM, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- At least 83 people have died during the past 72 hours due to a cholera outbreak in Sudan's White Nile State, local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) reported Saturday.
"The spread of cholera in White Nile has caused the deaths of 83 people, while 1,197 others have been infected, of whom 259 had recovered as of yesterday (Friday)," the non-governmental Sudanese Doctors Network said in a statement.
