Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/121792...12-in-2019-doh
Dengue cases in Bicol up by 212% in 2019 – DOH
By: Ma. April Mier-Manjares
Inquirer Southern Luzon / 10:39 AM January 22, 2020
LEGAZPI CITY –– The Department of Health (DOH) in Bicol has recorded a 212-percent increase in dengue cases last year.
From 3,550 cases in 2018, the number of cases reached 11,092 in 2019, said a report from Ma. Cecilia CV Pan, coordinator of the Public Health Preparedness and Response Unit of DOH-Bicol...
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Source: https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1...-up-87-in-2019
Dengue deaths up 87% in 2019
JULIET C. REVITA
January 14, 2020
DEATHS due to dengue in Davao Region increased by 87 percent in 2019 to 43 from 23 in 2018.
Data from the Department of Health-Regional Epidemiology Surveillance Unit (DOH-RESU) shows that from January to December 2019, dengue cases in the region have reached to a total of 8,060. In August last year, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III declared a national dengue epidemic because of the growing cases nationwide.
Davao Region was one of the regions monitored after exceeding the alert threshold.
“Davao City in particular as well as Region 11 (Davao Region), since we are a very favorite place for dengue to occur, we’ve had several episodes of increased cases and it may come back a little bit. But in 2019, we’ve had a large number of cases detected all over the region in varying periods,” DOH-Resu Davao head Dr. Cleo Fe Tabada said in a press forum on Monday at SM City Annex.
Davao City topped the most cases of dengue with 4,209 patients and 25 deaths, followed by Davao de Oro with 1,363 cases and two deaths; Davao del Norte with 1,121 cases and seven deaths; Davao Oriental with 890 cases and three deaths; Davao del Sur with 318 cases and four deaths; and Davao Occidental with 69 case and two deaths...Leave a comment:
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Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/119722...r-reach-402694
Dengue cases up by 92% this year, reach 402,694
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 04:11 AM December 03, 2019
MANILA, Philippines — While new dengue cases continue to drop, the total number of patients who were afflicted with the mosquito-borne disease this year has already breached more than 400,000.
Based on the Department of Health (DOH)-Epidemiology Bureau’s monitoring, there are already 402,694 dengue cases nationwide as of Nov. 16, a 92-percent increase from last year, when there were only 209,335 cases.
Since the start of the year, 1,502 persons have died from dengue, up from last year’s 1,075.
The current total this year has already exceeded the overall cases seen since 2012...Leave a comment:
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Source: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2...-abating-duque
Dengue epidemic abating — Duque
Sheila Crisostomo (The Philippine Star) - November 20, 2019 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines — The country’s dengue epidemic is abating, with 4,438 cases recorded from Oct. 27 to Nov. 2, data from the Department of Health (DOH)’s Epidemiology Bureau showed.
According to Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, there has been a declining trend in the number of dengue cases being reported to the agency.
“Hopefully this is the end of our dengue epidemic so I hope next year we’ll see a much lower incidence of dengue,” he said in an interview.
Based on the latest DOH report, there were a total of 4,438 cases recorded from Oct. 27 to Nov. 2, which is 37 percent lower than the 7,025 cases during the same period in 2018. This brings to 387,254 the number of cases recorded since January. The number of cases recorded in 2018 was 194,267.
The DOH had documented the highest cases in a week in July at 14,321...Leave a comment:
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Source: https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1...-in-Davao-City
Nearly 2,500 dengue cases recorded in Davao City
RALPH LAWRENCE G. LLEMIT
November 14, 2019
THE number of confirmed dengue cases in Davao City already reached almost 2,500 as of October 2019, based on the data of the City Health Office (CHO).
According to CHO, dengue cases in the city had reached a total of 2,481 in the first 10 months of the year. The month of August recorded the most number of cases with 505.
The number is higher compared to 2018 with a total of 1,609 in the same period. The total number of dengue cases in 2018 had reached a total of 1,820.
The city, meanwhile, recorded nine deaths as of October this year. The figure is less compared to last year's 14 deaths...
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Source: https://reliefweb.int/report/philipp...-november-2019
Philippines Situation Report 9 - Dengue Outbreak (5 November 2019)
Report from World Health Organization
Published on 05 Nov 2019
Highlights
371,717 dengue cases, including 1,407 deaths, reported from 1 January to 19 October 2019: 106% higher than in 2018.
5,927 newly reported dengue cases and 20 deaths between 13 and 19 October, decreased from 6,561 cases in the preceding week, and 23% lower than in the same epidemiological week in 2018.
Weekly Case Fatality Rate (CFR) of 0.34% in epidemiological week 42 (13-19 October 2019) is lower than in same period in 2018 (0.52%). Accumulative CFR of 0.38% is also lower than in 2018 (0.51%)
A National Dengue Epidemic was declared on 6 August 2019.
12 out of 17 regions exceed either the alert or the epidemic threshold...
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Source: https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1...-in-Cordillera
Dengue deaths rise in Cordillera
JONATHAN LLANES
October 9, 2019
AT LEAST 20 have died from dengue according to the Department of Health-Cordillera Administrative Region (DOH-CAR).
Karen Lonogan, senior health program officer of DOH-CAR, explained in her report during the fourth quarter Regional Law Enforcement Coordinating Council (RLECC) at the Baguio City Police Office (BCPO) that at present, 7,215 dengue cases have been recorded by the health department in the region.
“This is 15 percent higher compared to that of last year with 6,200. We have 20 deaths reported with a case fatality rate of .3 percent. 1,255 cases are the 6 to 10 years old who are the most affected individuals of dengue. The barangay clustering noted 89 or 7.5 percent of the barangays in the region experienced a clustering of dengue. Of the 20 deaths, three came from outside the region,” Lonogan said.
From 2010 to 2019, three cycles of dengue was noted in the previous years. However, the 2018 to 2019 records indicated an equal number of cases which shows a year round presence of dengue in the Cordillera...Leave a comment:
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Source: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/201..._138448329.htm
Death toll in dengue in Philippines climbs to over 1,200
Source: Xinhua| 2019-10-04 18:03:27|Editor: Xiang Bo
MANILA, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- A total of 1,247 people have died from dengue in the Philippines from Jan. 1 to Sept. 14 this year, up from 742 recorded in the same period of last year, according to the latest government data released on Friday.
The DOH said Western Visayas in the central Philippine recorded the highest number of deaths with 214 followed by Calabarzon region, 152 and Metro Manila, 122.
The DOH said that a total of 307,704 dengue cases have been recorded from Jan. 1 to Sept. 14 this year. The number of cases is way higher than the 142,783 cases recorded in the same period in 2018.
Children aged five to nine years were the most affected, the DOH added...Leave a comment:
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Source: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2...emic-threshold
DOH: Dengue cases exceed epidemic threshold
Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star) - October 4, 2019 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines — Dengue prevalence in the country soared to 300,000 as cases in 12 regions exceeded the epidemic threshold, the Department of Health (DOH) reported yesterday.
A total of 307,704 dengue patients were admitted in different hospitals nationwide from Jan. 1 to Sept. 14, based on the DOH dengue surveillance report.
The number was higher by 142,783 cases compared to the same period in 2018. Fatalities also went up to 1,247 from 742 last year...Leave a comment:
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1,107 deaths in Philippines from dengue epidemic: 113% higher than 2018
271,480 dengue cases recorded, official data from January 1 to August 31, 2019 show
Published: September 22, 2019 15:53
Gulf News Web Report
HIGHLIGHTS
271,480 dengue cases, including 1,107 deaths, reported from 1 January to 31 August 2019
Death toll is 113% higher than in 2018.
12,526 newly-reported dengue cases and 41 deaths between 25 and 31 August, decreased from 13,192 cases in the preceding week, but 52% higher than in the same epidemiological week in 2018
Weekly Case Fatality Rate (CFR) of 0.33% in epidemiological week 35 (25-31 August 2019) is lower than in the same time period in 2018 (0.40%)
This is still significantly higher than the regional average of 0.22% in the Western Pacific
A National Dengue Epidemic was declared on 6 August 2019
13 out of 17 regions exceeded the alert or epidemic threshold between 10 and 31 August 2019
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Over a Thousand killed by Dengue Fever in the Philippines
Manila, Sep 10 (Prensa Latina) Dengue has killed 1,021 people in the Philippines so far this year, 40 percent of them children, reported the Ministry of Health today.
Nearly 250,000 cases of the disease were reported between January and August, and the death toll is already almost double that of last year.
Deputy Health Minister Eric Domingo explained that the epidemic is still not under control, although the number of cases has been reduced. 'We must be on guard against dengue until the end of the year,' he said.
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Source: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2...aring-thousand
Dengue deaths nearing a thousand
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Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star) - September 4, 2019 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines ? The fatalities due to dengue are now nearing a thousand as the prevalence of the mosquito-borne disease continues to surge nationwide.
Data from the Department of Health (DOH) showed a total of 229,736 dengue cases from January to Aug. 17. Deaths rose to 958 ? a noticeable rise from last year?s 582 for the same period. The total figure is more than double the 110,970 cases recorded during the same period last year.
The high incidence of dengue prompted the DOH to declare a national dengue epidemic last month.
Western Visayas posted the most number of cases with 39,892; followed by Calabarzon with 30,899 and Northern Mindanao with 17,674.
DOH said Western Visayas also accounted for the highest number of deaths with 179; followed by Calabarzon with 98 and Central Visayas with 90.
Dengue cases exceeded the epidemic threshold in Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Bicol region, Western Visayas, Eastern Visayas, Zamboanga peninsula, Northern Mindanao, Soccsksargen and Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
Cases in the National Capital Region and Ilocos have exceeded the alert threshold....Leave a comment:
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Source: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/201..._138351364.htm
Dengue cases in Philippines surge to more than 200,000, with 882 deaths
Source: Xinhua| 2019-08-30 18:35:40|Editor: Shi Yinglun
MANILA, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- The number of dengue cases in the Philippines has surged to 208,917 from Jan. 1 to Aug. 10 this year with 882 deaths, the Philippine Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday.
The number is more than double of the cases recorded in the same period last year, the DOH added. Last year, the DOH recorded 102,298 dengue cases with 540 deaths.
The DOH said 10 regions across the Philippines, including the National Capital Region or Metro Manila, have already exceeded the threshold for an epidemic.
DOH data also showed the age group mostly affected by dengue are those from five to nine years old...Leave a comment:
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Death Toll From Dengue Fever Outbreak In Philippines Reaches 807 Since January - Reports
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) 13 hours ago Tue 20th August 2019 | 04:08 PM
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 20th August, 2019) More than 188,000 people have been infected with Dengue fever in the Philippines in 2019 so far, with 807 having died, media reported on Tuesday, citing data from the Department of Health (DOH).
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From January 1 - August 3, the dengue fever in the Philippines has left a total of 188,562 infected and 807 killed, the Philippines Star news agency said, citing a recent DOH Dengue Surveillance Report.
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5 AUGUST 2019 - PHILIPPINES
NEARLY HALF OF ALL DENGUE DEATHS IN THE PHILIPPINES ARE CHILDREN UNDER NINE YEARS OLD
Manila, August 16 ? At least 300 children aged 5-9 have died in the recent Dengue outbreak in the Philippines, Save the Children said today, amid fears the epidemic could claim many more lives before it?s brought under control. In the first seven months of 2019, some 170,000 people were infected with the disease, killing 720 people ? 42 percent were children between 5 and 9 years old. Compared to the same period in 2018, this year?s dengue caseload is 97 per cent higher. The virus is disproportionately affecting children and young people with a staggering 73 per cent of recorded cases under the age of 19.
Albert Muyot, ceo of Save the Children in the Philippines, said:
?Hundreds of children have sadly already died, we expect the numbers to rise. The rainy season started late and will continue this month, creating the perfect breeding ground for dengue mosquitoes.
?Children are particularly a vulnerable to the disease because their immune systems are weaker than adults and they tend to play outside where there?s less protection against the mosquitos. Schools in particular are a hotbed of dengue because many have open windows and lack mosquito repellents.
?It is extremely important that health authorities step up their information campaigns in schools, communities and other places where people come together, so people know what to do if they suspect dengue. Also, the government must step up their fumigation campaign to kill adult dengue mosquitoes in densely populated areas.
?In the Philippines, we are working with schools and communities to improve awareness on how to prevent infection. To save lives, children need extra protection. Wearing long sleeves and trousers is one of the simple measures to protect against being bitten. Early diagnosis is critical and we are raising awareness of those symptoms, like fever and body pain, and encouraging all parents to take their children to hospital immediately if they have concerns.
?Save the Children is referring child dengue cases to health centers in vulnerable communities in Navotas, Caloocan and Malabon as well as in conflict-affected provinces in Bangsamoro Automous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).?
Notes to editors:
Dengue causes flu-like illness, including a sudden high fever coming in separate waves, pain behind the eyes, muscle, joint and bone pain, severe headache, and a skin rash with red spots.
People with symptoms get ill between 4 to 7 days after a bite from an infected Aedes mosquito. The illness can become the fatal Severe Dengue, characterised by severe abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea, convulsions, bruising, uncontrolled bleeding, and high fever which can last from 2 to 7 days.
Complications can lead to circulatory system failure, shock, and death.
There were 167,607 dengue cases between January-July 2019, up from 85,011 in the same period in 2018.
Of the 167,607 recorded cases of dengue between January and July 2019, 121,942 were under the age of 19.
On August 6th, the government declared a national dengue epidemic.
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