The Philippines’ dengue cases have nearly doubled to 73,909 infections this year.
The Department of Health said Thursday this is 96 percent higher than some 37,000 cases reported during the same period last year.
Majority of the cases were reported from Central Luzon, Central Visayas, and Metro Manila, according to Health Undersecretary Beverly Ho.
She said that eleven of 17 regions exceeded the epidemic threshold in the past 4 weeks or during the period of June 12 to July 19 and the figure saw a decrease in 13 regions from June 5 to July 2.
A total of 299 dengue-related deaths have been reported this year while the DOH is looking into procuring dengue vaccines after increase in cases.
