Negros Occidental, Iloilo Province and Antique still have the highest number of dengue cases in Western Visayas, the Department of Health reported Tuesday, August 30.
Western Visayas had 414 new dengue cases and four deaths from August 14 to 20 or Morbidity Week 33 for a total of 10,899 cases and 63 deaths this year.
The cases from January 1 to August 20 are 600 percent higher than those in the same period last year, the DOH report said.
Negros Occidental is still the topnotcher with 3,648 cases and 24 deaths, or more than one third of the total cases in Western Visayas for this year.
Antique has 2,213 cases and 10 deaths, Iloilo province – 2,079 cases and 16 deaths, Iloilo City – 793 cases and one death, Bacolod City – 669 cases and eight deaths, Capiz – 526 cases and one death, Aklan – 517 cases and three deaths, and Guimaras – 182 cases and no deaths, the DOH reported.*