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The number of dengue cases has increased by 30 percent as of last month amid the rainy season, the Department of Health reported Tuesday.
“Dengue cases are rising as expected due to the rainfall, which allows more water to pool and be stagnant. Left unchecked, Aedes aegypti mosquitoes responsible for spreading dengue will breed in these stagnant pools of water,” the DOH said. Based on the epidemic curve, the department noted that cases on a weekly basis from Jan. 1 to May 11 in 2024 went above what was observed during the same period in 2023.
The DOH said this may be attributed to the ongoing intensified efforts of local governments to kill mosquitoes by searching and destroying their breeding water.
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