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BY MAE SINGUAY
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BACOLOD City – Thirteen people — all children — here had died of dengue so far this year.
All these were recorded between July 2 and Sept. 25, according to the City Health Office (CHO).
Five of the fatalities were from Barangay Bata, while two were from Barangay Singcang.
One death was recorded in each of barangays Villamonte, Estefania, 2, 10, 16, and 35.
A total of 1,499 dengue cases have been recorded from Jan. 1 to Sept. 25.
The figure was 238-percent higher than the 444 cases in the same period in 2015, said Dr. Grace Tan, chief of the CHO Environmental Sanitation Division.
August posted the highest number of cases with 702. In 2015 it was the same month with the highest number of cases but had only 158.
Larvicides were recently distributed to 61 barangays.
The CHO continues to distribute larvicides to the villages that were unable to get their supply, said Tan.
But a larvicide — a formula that kills mosquito larvae — is not the only remedy to the spread of dengue, Tan said. She urged the public to continue cleaning their surroundings.
Barangays with high number of dengue cases include Villamonte, Estefania, Taculing, Bata, Mansilingan, Mandalagan, Alijis, Singcang, Granada, and Tangub./PN
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