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Friday, December 23, 2016
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DUMAGUETE City – Dengue cases in Negros Oriental have declined over the past weeks. But the latest number of cases and deaths was more than double last year’s.
The province posted 5,287 cases with 39 deaths from Jan. 1 to Dec. 17, based on latest data from the Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Center of the Department of Health (DOH) Negros Island Region.
The figures were 151-percent higher than those in the same period in 2015 (2,103 cases and 17 deaths), data released on Thursday showed.
Most of the latest cases were from this city (18.3 percent), Bais City (13.8 percent), Siaton (7.5 percent), Sibulan (6.7percent), and Bayawan City (6.2 percent).
This capital city posted 967 cases; Bais City had 718; Siaton, 393; Sibulan, 353; Bayawan City, 328; Mabinay, 202; Bindoy, 195; Guihulngan City, 194; Valencia, 192; and Bacong, 188.
Bais City had the highest number of deaths with 14, followed by Manjuyod with five; Mabinay, Tanjay City and Guihulngan City, three each; Dumaguete City and Siaton, two each; and Bayawan City, Valencia, Bacong, San Jose, La Libertad, Tayasan, and Ayungon, one each.
This year in Negros Oriental had the highest number of dengue cases over the past eight years.
According to the DOH-Negros, the province had 2,211 cases in 2015; 1,482 cases in 2014; 3,520 cases in 2013; 3,437 cases in 2012; 524 cases in 2011; 2,080 cases in 2010; and 1,533 cases in 2009.
Despite these, records showed a steady decline in the number of cases since about eight weeks ago. The number started to climb in July and reached its peak between August and September, records further showed. (PNA)
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