World Health Organization Tuesday announced that, more than 1200 people died and about 35,000 people have fallen ill in Angola due to cholera epidemic since its detection on February 13.

A WHO statement informed, "As of 15th May, Angola reported a total of 35 033 cumulative cases and 1 246 deaths in 11 of the 18 provinces,", the WHO said in a statement.

It also noted on current condition saying, "In the last 24 hours 615 new cases including 16 deaths have been reported."

Cholera, a highly infectious waterborne disease that causes severe diarrhea, is present in large swathes of Angola, whose health care system has not recovered from a 27-year civil war that ended in 2002, AFP reported.