Zamboanga City has recorded a total of 2,026 dengue cases from January 1 to May 14, this year, of which 19 have died, according to the partial disease surveillance report for dengue cases of the City Health Office (CHO).
The CHO report disclosed that the total was 1,793 percent higher compared to the same period in 2021 (n=107) and 223% higher from the five-year average of 627 cases, same time period.
Epidemic threshold was exceeded for 10 consecutive morbidity weeks Of the total dengue cases reported, 1,018 or 50% of the cases were females ages from 6 months to 88 years old (Median = 9 years), and 1,030 (51%) of the affected age group was 0-9 years old followed by the 10-19 age group with 624 (31%) cases.
Likewise, 1,460 (72%) cases had dengue with warning signs, of which six have died (CFR:0.4%), and two died of the 507 (25%) who had dengue with no warning signs. The age ranged from 4 months to 55 years old (Median = 8.5 years old), of which 15 (75%) were males.
At least 14 barangays have cases of dengue serotype 1 while one barangay each with dengue serotype 2 and 4.
The Mindanao Central Sanitarium in Pasobolong reported the most number of cases with 468 (23%) followed by the Ciudad Medical Zamboanga and Zamboanga Peninsula Medical Center.
Nineteen dengue deaths were reported as of May 14 aged 3 months to 22, of whom 10 were males, and 11 (58%) had been admitted as severe dengue, 6 (32%) as dengue with warning signs, and two (11%) as dengue with no warning signs.
The CHO report further disclosed that the number of days from date of onset to admission ranged from two to five days with a median of three days, whereas the number of days from admission to death ranged within 24 hours to five days with a median of one day, and the number of days from onset to death ranged from three to nine days with a median of four days.
The dengue incidence rate (IR) per 100,000 population in Zamboanga City is 226.07.
Barangays with the highest incidence rate per 10,000 population are Mercedes (IR: 67.28), Boalan (IR: 63.03), Culianan (IR: 60.12) Divisoria (IR: 59.46), and Santa Barbara. Nine barangays were identified to have clustering of cases while two barangays as hot spot areas. (Vic Larato)
(Source: City Government of Zamboanga Facebook page)