Philippines: 2023 Dengue

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Source: https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1193981


DOH-8 cites surge in dengue cases in first 3 weeks of January
By Sarwell Meniano January 31, 2023, 12:57 pm


TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Health (DOH) in Eastern Visayas has reported higher dengue fever cases in the first three weeks of 2023 and warned that frequent heavy rains in the region will trigger more cases in succeeding weeks.

During the first three weeks of the year, the region has already recorded 210 dengue cases, which is 19 percent higher than the 176 cases during the same period in 2022.

Among the cases, 190 or about 90 percent of patients suffered severe cases and were hospitalized, according to DOH...

 

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Source: https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/...acolod-dengue-cases-up-by-625-in-january-2023

Bacolod dengue cases up by 62.5% in January 2023Merlinda A. Pedrosa
February 08, 2023

BACOLOD City has logged a total of 39 dengue cases from January 1-28, posting an increase of 62.5 percent compared to the same period in 2022.

Dr. Grace Tan, head of the City Health Office-Environment Sanitation Division, said from January 1-28, they listed 39 dengue cases with one death, compared to 24 cases, with also one death, in 2022..

 

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Source: https://www.philstar.com/nation/2023/04/21/2260504/hospital-admissions-due-dengue-200

Hospital admissions due to dengue up 200%
Rhodina Villanueva - The Philippine Star
April 21, 2023 | 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines — Private hospitals have observed an increase in admissions due to dengue.

At the Laging Handa briefing yesterday, Dr. Jose Rene de Grano, Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc. president, said data gathered by PHAPI showed that hospital admissions increased by almost 200 percent compared to last year.

De Grano said storing water in uncovered containers amid the dry season and a looming water crisis are seen to cause the dengue surge.

Up to 27,670 dengue cases were recorded from Jan. 1 to March 18, data from the Department of Health showed.

The cases were 94 percent higher compared to the 14,278 reported during the same period last year...

 

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Source: https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/07...-encourages-cleanup-amid-dengue-alert/1899625


Iloilo City health office encourages cleanup amid Dengue alert
By The Manila Times
July 8, 2023

​THE Iloilo City Health Office (CHO) urges residents to clean their surroundings, destroy mosquito breeding places, and to safeguard everyone's well-being to curb the rising dengue cases here. The CHO reported a total of 326 dengue cases and three deaths from January to July 4, 2023, an increase of 54 percent compared to cases during the same period in 2022...

 

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Source: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/...ngue-surge-over-8800-cases-28-deaths-reported

Davao Region experiences dengue surge with over 8,800 cases, 28 deaths reported
James Relativo - Philstar.com
August 5, 2023 | 3:41pm


MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health in the Davao Region (DOH-11) recorded 8,861 cases of dengue from January to July this year, with 28 fatalities reported.

DOH-11 director Dr. Annabelle Yumang reported the situation on Friday as cases of leptospirosis and dengue increase amid rainy season.

"Before, if it is the rainy season, we think that dengue is rampant, but this time, dengue is all year round. Every month we now have dengue cases," said Yumang in a forum held in a mall on Friday.

"There is an increase in cases. In 2022, we only have 4,559 cases. This time, we are just halfway through the year and we have already doubled our figures in dengue cases..."​

 

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Source: https://www.philstar.com/nation/2023/08/19/2289681/dengue-cases-typhoon-hit-areas


Dengue cases up in typhoon-hit areas
Rhodina Villanueva - The Philippine Star
August 19, 2023 | 12:00am​



MANILA, Philippines — Cases of dengue have increased in areas affected by recent typhoons, the Department of Health (DOH) reported yesterday.

The DOH said 9,877 cases were reported from July 2 to 15 compared to 9,782 two weeks prior.

Ilocos, Cagayan Valley, Mimaropa, Bicol, Western Visayas, Central Visayas and Eastern Visayas, which were affected by Typhoons Egay and Falcon, reported 1,159 cases.

The DOH said Cagayan Valley logged the highest increase in cases in the past three weeks at 46 percent.

“Cases may continue to increase with late reports and due to heavy rainfall and flooding in the past week,” the DOH said.

Up to 90,320 dengue cases were recorded in the country from January to July 29...


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Source: https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/9/27/fewer-dengue-cases-so-far-doh.html

DOH: Around 126k dengue cases logged so far ‘lower’ compared to past five years
By Paige Javier, CNN Philippines
Published Sep 27, 2023, 7:38:10 PM

​Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, September 27) -- The country has logged 125,975 dengue cases nationwide from Jan. 1 to Sept. 9 of this year, so far lower compared to cases in the past five years, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Wednesday

“Currently cases are plateauing and we have an average of 5,000 cases reported per week since mid-June 2023,” said Angelica Garcia, supervising health program officer of the DOH Epidemiology Bureau, at the Dengue Forum 2023.

However, data showed a continuous uptrend in cases over the past six weeks in Cagayan Valley .

The Cordillera Administrative Region,Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Central Luzon, Metro Manila, and Caraga have also shown an increase in cases in the last three to four weeks, mostly from the Luzon area, Garcia added.

Despite the plateauing dengue cases, the DOH is not shutting down the possibility of an uptick in cases due to the rainy season.​..

 

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Source: https://www.philstar.com/nation/2023/11/24/2313839/dengue-flu-cases-up

Dengue, flu-like cases up
Mayen Jaymalin - The Philippine Star
November 24, 2023 | 12:00am


MANILA, Philippines — Three regions have reported an increase in dengue cases, the Department of Health (DOH) reported yesterday.

These are in Cagayan Valley, Bicol and Central Visayas, where upticks in cases were logged from Oct. 1 to Nov. 11.

The DOH said it recorded 179,444 dengue cases nationwide as of Nov. 11.

It said dengue cases dropped by 10.96 percent or from 12,169 to 10,835 in the past two weeks.

The DOH recorded 614 dengue deaths, a case fatality rate of 0.34 percent.

The department stressed the need to closely monitor the situation, saying cases may further increase due to late reports.

Meanwhile, cases of influenza-like illness increased by 49 percent or to more than 170,000 from January to Oct. 27 compared to the same period last year.

In its latest disease surveillance report, the DOH said it recorded 171,067 cases nationwide.​...

 

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Source: http://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/11/27/tagum-city-dengue-outbreak-state-of-calamity.html

Tagum City under state of calamity over dengue outbreak
By CNN Philippines Staff
Published Nov 27, 2023, 6:35:46 PM

​Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, November 27) — The City of Tagum in Davao Del Norte has declared a state of calamity due to a dengue fever outbreak, its health office said Monday.

The Tagum City Health Office (TCHO), citing its City Epidemiology Surveillance Unit, said 1,054 dengue cases were recorded from January to November 2023.

It said that nine people had died due to dengue.

Most of the cases were concentrated in three barangays: Visayan Village at 206, Apokon at 162, and Mankilam at 140.​..