Majda Ameen died on Monday in a hospital, where she was admitted seven days before her death. Her son was diagnosed with cholera as well, the ministry said.
The World Health Organization, which issued an update Tuesday on cholera, blames the death toll on unhygienic water, sewage treatment and cited a shortage of chlorine, which the agency said is "urgently needed" for water treatment.
The WHO report confirms 2,116 cases of cholera in Iraq so far, with more than 30,000 people been sickened by acute watery diarrhea.
The first cholera outbreak was reported in northern Iraq Kirkuk last month after which the disease has been spreading to other parts of the country, according to the WHO.
Sixty-eight percent of the confirmed cholera cases have been reported in Tameem province. It spread to the Iraqi Kurdish provinces of Sulaimaniya and Irbil, the organization said.
As of Tuesday, six cases were confirmed in Tikrit, two in Mosul, and one in Duhuk, all in the north; one in Baghdad; and one in Basra in the southeast, the WHO said.
Cholera is a bacterial ailment that affects the intestinal tract and is usually contracted by consuming contaminated water. The symptoms include sudden onset of acute watery diarrhea, which can cause death by severe dehydration and kidney failure.
