Geneva - The spread of cholera continues unabated in Zimbabwe, where the death toll has risen to 2,755 since August, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said Thursday.

The UN update issued in Geneva, which reflects the situation as of January 21, showed a total 48,623 people in the beleaguered southern African country, were infected with the waterborne disease.

On Wednesday alone, 36 deaths and 1,125 new infection cases were recorded, OCHA said.

Some 88.7 per cent of all Zimbabwean districts are affected by the outbreak, which began in August when sewage, garbage collection and water supply systems in townships started to fall apart, fuelling the unhygienic conditions that cause the diarrhoeal disease. (dpa)