The actual figure of number of people died from cholera outbreak in Haiti was two times the reported 1,800 deaths, as believed strongly by UN officials.

On Friday, Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of UN, stated that there was a requirement of more cholera treatment centres in the poor country and for running those centres, there were needed 2,000 nurses, 350 doctors, and more than 2,200 supports staff members.

The correct statistics of total deaths across Haiti was a difficult task to collect as it was not easy to reach rural areas to update the records of deaths and infection incidences.

As estimated by UN, cholera, which is a water-borne disease, has already affected around 650,000 people in Haiti.

Speaking to the UN General Assembly in New York, Ban Ki-moon raised an appeal to other nations for providing monetary assistance via the route of their organization's plea for around $164 million to check the spread of cholera as presently, only 29% financing came for the outbreak. He added that the death rate due to cholera pandemic had declined a little in Haiti and still was around 3.6%.

"The main factor that hinders the cholera victims in the country from acquiring necessary life-saving treatments is the social conflicts in the country", said Ban.