Sana'a - Up to now, 209 people have died in Yemen as a result of a cholera outbreak in the country, while 17,200 were categorized as suspected cases, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), said Wednesday. "To date, over 17,200 suspected cases of cholera have been reported across Yemen, including 209 associated deaths," the UN agency said on Twitter. The sharp increase comes just one day after the agency stated 186 people had died from the disease. UNICEF's Yemen mission said that there had been an "alarming increase" in cholera-related deaths.