Plague is not eradicated in fact: the WHO took a census of 2118 cases in 2003, among which fatal 182.
The most affected countries are Madagascar and the democratic Republic of Congo, in whom took place 2005 of cases and 177 of deceases.
Having said that, there was not true epidemic since for a long time.
(*) If you are friendless, this my be the right thing to start gather some!
I would remove in fact from the summary and put fatal after 182.
In the details, replace in whom by where and transfer took place at the end of the sentence.
Having said that, there hasn’t been a true epidemic for a long time.