The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday a total of 92,343 dengue cases from January 1 to July 23, 2022, cumulatively 118 percent higher as compared to the reported cases during the same period in 2021.
DOH pegged the cases recorded during the same period last year at 42,294.
Based on the National Dengue Data as of July 23, 2022, most dengue cases were reported from: Region 3 (15,951, 17 percent), Region 7 (9,429, 10 percent) and National Capital Region or NCR (7,962, 9 percent).
In the recent period (June 26 to July 23, 2022) where 21,566 cases were recorded, the region with the highest number of cases: Region 3: 5,186 (24 percent), NCR: 2,374 (11 percent), and Calabarzon: 2,178 (10 percent).
Nine out of 17 regions exceeded the epidemic threshold in the past four weeks (June 26 to July 23, 2022) with Mimaropa and NCR showing a sustained increasing trend from June 26 to July 23, 2022.
Nationally, there were 344 deaths reported.
These deaths were reported in:
January: 36; February: 31; March: 39
April: 46; May: 63; June: 73; July: 56.