Dengue cases in Iloilo province breach 10-K but on decline

Posted by watchmen
October 12, 2024
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Dengue cases in Iloilo province reached 10,075, with 25 deaths from January to October 5 this year, but on a declining trend, according to the Iloilo Provincial Health Office (IPHO) yesterday.

“Based on the dengue epidemic curve of the province, the dengue cases are steadily declining, but we are still above the outbreak level,” Provincial Health Officer 1 Dr. Rodney Labis said in a media interview.

Labis said the highest number of cases was 1,122 in the 32nd morbidity week from August 4 to 10 before steadily declining in the succeeding weeks.

The latest weekly monitoring by the Provincial Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit covering the September 29 to October 5 period posted 329 new cases and two deaths, the highest coming from the municipality of Lambunao with 78.

“The provincial health office will schedule a dengue death investigation to verify if the new case was indeed due to dengue,” he added.

The health officer added that the number of barangays with clustering of cases declined to 94 from 146 in the last reporting week.

He said that the public and the implementing local government unit offices are still reminded to continue implementing the 4S strategy and other activities against dengue to ensure protection from the disease.

The 4S stands for search and destroy, seek early consultation, self-protection measures, and support fogging and spraying in case of an outbreak.

 

No mpox cases

Meanwhile, he said the province has no positive cases of mpox, categorized by the Department of Health as a dangerous communicable disease.

The province has five suspect cases, but the results of their specimens were negative after confirmatory testing.

“Surveillance activities by our hospitals and rural health units continue so we can immediately respond and prevent its spread in the community should there be any detected cases,” he said. (PNA)

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