The ministry of health has confirmed that the country has recorded its first cholera death this rainy season.
According to Adrian Chikumbe, spokesperson for the ministry, the person is from Nsanje district.
Speaking to MIJ Online, Chikumbe said the number of cholera cases have risen to five following the registering of a new case in Machinga district earlier this year.
Meanwhile, Chikumbe has said, the health personnel are working on containing the situation in all the districts that have registered cholera cases which include Nsanje which has recorded four cases this far.