BACOLOD CITY -- The City Health Office (CHO) here has reported a 40.9 percent decline in dengue cases from January 1 to August 4 this year.
Data released by the Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit showed that as of Monday, a total of 508 cases, including three deaths, were recorded during the period compared to the previous year’s 859, with seven deaths.
Dr. Grace Tan, head of the CHO Environment Sanitation Division, said increased public awareness has contributed to the decrease in the number of cases.
Residents have become conscious of how to eliminate breeding places of dengue-carrying mosquitoes, she added.
“We are continuing our advocacy. We (also) give flyers to business establishments when they secure business permits. They can post these for dengue awareness,” Tan said.
The CHO report showed that the dengue patients’ ages ranged from four months to 72 years old, and the age group with the most number of cases consisted of children aged 1 year to 10 years old.
Of the three deaths, two were reported by the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) and one by the Bacolod Adventist Medical Center (BAMC).
Of the 508 cases, a total of 200 were brought to the CLMMRH, while the Dr. Pablo O. Torre Sr. Memorial Hospital reported 84 cases. These hospitals received the highest number of dengue cases.
Barangay Mansilingan, which has a total of 43 cases, was identified as a “hot spot”, which means it has an increasing number of cases for four consecutive weeks. A total of 17 cases were reported in the village in the past four morbidity weeks. However, no death was reported in Mansilingan.
The deaths were monitored in Sum-ag, Felisa and Pahanocoy.
The top 10 villages with the highest dengue cases were Handumanan, 47; Taculing, 45; Mansilingan, 43; Sum-ag, 41; Villamonte, 39; Singcang-Airport, 34; Alijis, 27; Estefania, 25; Mandalagan, 24; and Tangub, 24. (PNA)
