• GILBERT P. BAYORAN
The Provincial Health Office (PHO) has recorded 1,692 dengue cases, including seven deaths, in Negros Occidental from January 1 to April 19 this year.
This indicates an increase of 341.78 percent compared to only 303 cases for the same period in 2024.
However, the number of dengue cases already dropped in the past two weeks, Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said.
Lacson said he is hoping that it will be the start of the continuing decline of dengue cases in the province.
The PHO report noted clustering of dengue cases in 17 barangays, with highest cases reported in Bago City, at 333.
Age group with most number of dengue cases is 11 to 20 years old.
The dengue attack rate for Negros Occidental is 63 cases per 100,000 population, with Pulupandan logging the highest attack rate at 23 cases per 100,000 population.
Dengue deaths were recorded in the cities of Bago, Silay and San Carlos as well as the municipalities of Isabela, Murcia, Ilog and Manapla.
Clustering of dengue cases were reported in Ma-ao, Sagasa, Jorge L. Araneta, Taloc and Calumangan in Bago City, Ayungon and Nagasi in La Carlota City, Mabini in Valladolid, Mambulac in Silay City, Poblacion in Cauayan, Galicia in Ilog, Tapi, Camingawan, Tabugon, Bantayan and Locotan in Kabankalan City, and Robles in La Castellana. | GB
