The health department in Western Visayas logs over 10,000 dengue cases with 21 deaths across the region
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Cornelio Salinas, head of the provincial disaster risk reduction and management office, said the provincial government would tap a P13.6-million quick response fund to address the health crisis after the provincial board approved the declaration on Tuesday, August 20. Data from Iloilo’s Provincial Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit showed that from January 1 to August 17, Iloilo recorded 5,836 dengue cases and 10 deaths – a 417.8% increase from 1,127 cases and no deaths during the same period in 2023. Since June 16, the province has reported 740 new cases.Four local governments in the towns of Miag-ao, Tigbauan, Oton, and Passi City have also declared a state of calamity.
As of this posting, the DOH in the region has reported over 10,000 dengue cases with 21 deaths across Western Visayas., Dr. Grace Tan, head of the environmental sanitation section at the City Health Office, confirmed on Wednesday, August 21, another dengue fatality: an 11-year-old girl from Barangay 16. This marks the city’s third dengue-related death, following the deaths of an 18-year-old from Barangay Estefania and a 68-year-old man from Barangay Felisa.
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