According to the Aklan Provincial Epidemiology Surveillance and Response Unit, the number of dengue cases between January and June are up 14 percent as compared to the same period last year. The number of cases rose to 363 in 2018, up from 317 in the previous year.

Kalibo reported the highest number of cases with 75, with Altavas in a distance second with 38.

The agency also revealed all Aklan municipalities reported dengue cases.

Data also found most of the cases involved patients between the ages of 11 and 20 years old.

Last week, the Department of Health-Region VI (DOH-6) released new data confirming there have been 19 deaths related to dengue fever in the Western Visayas this year.

Based on DOH-6 records, around 2,700 dengue cases were reported in the region, with Negros Occidental reporting at least 1,284 cases and Bacolod City reporting 256./WDJ