20 October 2017 – The number of cases of plague in Madagascar has doubled during the past 5 days, according to the UN. As of this Wednesday 1,032 cases have been reported. The most worrisome aspect, and likely the reason behind the epidemic is that 67% are pneumonic, transmitted from person to person.

Date / Cases / Deaths / Average new cases per day
14 Sep 2017 / 28 / 5
30 Sep 2017 / 73 / 17 / 3
3 Oct 2017 / 194 / 30 / 40
5 Oct 2017 / 258 / 36 / 32
7 Oct 2017 / 343 / 42 / 43
8 Oct 2017 / 387 / 45 / 44
9 Oct 2017 / 449 / 48 / 62
10 Oct 2017 / 500 / 54 / 51
11 Oct 2017 / 561 / 57 / 61
13 Oct 2017 / 684 / 57 / 61
16 Oct 2017 / 805 / 74 / 40
17 Oct 2017 / 878 / 80 / 44
18 Oct 2017 / 1032 / 89 / 164