Dengue cases now close to 60,000
Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 02:57:07 +0000
The number of dengue cases continues to rise and is now close to 60,000, according to the Department of Health (DoH).
Data from the epidemiology bureau showed that there were 59,139 dengue cases from Jan.1 to April 6 this year.
The department recorded 237 deaths, higher than the 175 deaths reported in 2018.
For the same period last year, 32,611 dengue cases were recorded.
From March 31 to April 6 this year alone, the bureau recorded 3,163 cases.
The region with the most number of cases is Central Visayas with 6,587 and 38 deaths, followed by Metro Manila with 5,504 cases and 18 deaths and Caraga with 5,224 cases and 15 deaths.
Ilocos Region had 1,286 cases with 2 deaths; Cagayan Valley, 4,476 cases with 22 deaths; Central Luzon 4,566 cases with eight deaths; Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon), 5,614 cases with 21 deaths; Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan,1,884 cases with six deaths; Bicol Region, 1,160 cases with eight deaths; Western Visayas, 5,122 cases with 31 deaths; Eastern Visayas, 2,506 cases with 10 deaths, Zamboanga Peninsula, 2,775 cases with 20 deaths; Northern Mindanao, 4,400 cases with 12 deaths; Davao Region, 2,129 cases with three deaths; Soccsksargen ((South Cotabato, Cotabato Province, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani and General Santos), 3,959 with 13 deaths; Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao, 708 cases with seven deaths; and Cordillera Administrative Region, 1,239 cases with three deaths.
Children aged 5 to 9 were the most affected. Catherine A. Modesto
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