Of those, 172 were locally acquired cases, while 21 were in people infected abroad in the neighbouring Comoros archipelago and countries on the African continent.
Cholera is an infectious disease typically causing severe diarrhoea, vomiting and muscle cramps. It spreads easily in unsanitary conditions.
Mayotte, which is home to around 320,000 people, reported its first locally acquired cases of cholera in late April.
Two people have died since the beginning of the epidemic, one of them a three-year-old girl.
SPF warned there was a particularly high risk of transmission in disadvantaged neighbourhoods “as long as access to drinking water and sanitation is unsatisfactory”.
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