THE number of dengue cases in the country continue to increase, at 118,526 dengue cases from January 1 to August 6, or 153 percent higher compared to the same period last year, which recorded 46,761 cases.
Based on the latest data from the Department of Health (DOH), the number of deaths due to dengue is also higher in 2022 at 399, from 167 dengue in the same period as last year.
With the highest number of dengue cases are Central Luzon (21,242), Central Visayas (11,363), and National Capital Region (10,937).
Among dengue deaths, most were reported in Central Visayas (68), Western Visayas (51), and Central Luzon (41).
In a previous interview, DOH officer-in-charge Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire attributed the increase in dengue cases to higher mobility in the country compared to the previous year.
“In the past two years of the pandemic, there were less mobility of the population, less interaction among people, schools were closed, so as with other establishments,” she said.
