Southern Leyte dengue cases dropped in October, “After Typhoon Odette, we have rising cases but this month of October our dengue cases drop,” says Disease Surveillance Officer Joewil Napuli.
In a recent data forwarded by the Provincial Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit, Southern Leyte had a total of 1,355 as of October 22, 2022.
In the first month of the year, January had 23 cases; it dropped in February with 13 cases; March had 74, and cases doubled in April with 191 cases.
May had the highest number of infections with 300 cases; followed by 245 in June; July had 183 cases; August with 133 cases and September had 11 additional cases, for a total of 144.
As of this writing, October infections had dropped to 49 cases only.
“So far, from the recent July data, we don’t have additional death cases,” Napuli added.
A total of six died of dengue, the first death case was a 26-year-old, female of barangay Baugo, Maasin City who died last March 22; a 49-year-old, male, from Buenavista, Padre Burgos died last April 21; a 10-month-old, male from barangay Ilag, Liloan who died last May 14, 2022; a 1-year-old, male, from barangay Maria Clara, Maasin City died last June 8, 2022; a 25-year-old, male from Tunga-tunga, Maasin City and a 44-year-old male from barangay Atuyan, Saint Bernard died in the month of July.
(RCabodbod)
Southern Leyte dengue cases drop
