8,600 suspected cases of dengue and 29,000 of malaria reported

He Ministry of Public Healththrough the General Directorate of Epidemiology (Digepi), reports that, until July 13 of this year, there have been registered in the country 8,602 suspected cases of dengue and 29,008 of malaria.

Refering to confirmation of cases through evidence from the laboratory, the figures are far from the volume of suspicions, giving positive results 980 patients with dengue and 648 with malariaboth diseases transmitted by the bite of a mosquito.

The bulletin corresponding to the week epidemiological 28 indicates that in the last seven days there were 135 suspicions for dengue and 16 confirmed cases (ten more than in the week former).

13.3% of febrile cases (18 of 135) were concentrated in the province Sisters Mirabal, 12.6% in Duarte and 10.4% in Santiago.

In relation to the accumulated, up to the week 28, 53% (4,523 of 8,602) correspond to the sex malemainly affecting the age group of 10 to 19 years. 54% of patients (4,627) showed warning signs.

To date, 4,475 have been processed evidence of dengue in it Laboratory National Dr. Defilló: 31.3% of the positive samples determined the circulation of serotype DENV-3 and 68.1% resulted in concomitant circulation of DENV-1 and DENV-2.

Elimination of breeding grounds

Through a press release, the Ministry of Health He assured that the positive cases of dengue have been kept under control thanks to the implementation of the days of prevention.

Are Actions have impacted some 680,958 people in more than five thousand sectors, in which 221,708 have been eliminated breeding grounds of mosquitoes with more than 65 thousand interventions, including 11,779 fumigation processes, the delivery of 631,830 units of abbe and nearly 20 thousand applications of chlorine.

“With these Actionsthe country has managed to delay the onset of the endemic curve, allowing a safety zone with respect to the dengue and recording fewer cases compared to previous years,” the document states.

The Actions of prevention have concentrated in the provinces Sisters Mirabal, Duarte, Santo Domingo and Santiago.

Health Public reminds the population of the importance of going to the doctor in time when any symptoms appear symptoms such as high fever, headache, pain behind the eyes, muscle and joint pain, nausea, vomiting, and skin rash.

Saint Juan and Azua, hotbeds of malaria

In the week epidemiological 28, 510 suspected cases of COVID-19 were reported in the country. malariaresulting in eight confirmed cases, of these, seven reside in Saint Juan and one in Azua, main foci of this vector-borne disease.

Five of the positive patients are from sex male.

Of the 29,008 suspected cases reported to date, 25.4% (7,377) reside in the province from Santo Domingo.

There is no new deaths by leptospirosis

The data update highlights that in the week epidemiological 28 four suspected cases were reported leptospirosis residents in the provinces of Santo Domingo (2), Sisters Mirabal (1) and Espaillat (1). No cases were confirmed in this week.

The largest proportion of those affected belong to the age group of 20-29 years and 74% of patients are from sex male. Montecristi is the province with the highest cumulative incidence, with 68.0 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

With no new reports of deaths due to this disease, the death toll remains at 26.

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71 Covid infections

Cases of COVID-19 show a downward trend in their different variants with 109 fewer infections than in the previous bulletin.

In this week 71 new cases were reported: 24 in the province of Santiago, 16 in the National District and 9 in the province of Duarte.

1,074 samples were processed, with a weekly positivity rate of 16%. The cumulative incidence is 62.48 per 100,000 inhabitants.

The variant JN.1which produced a resurgence of the virus a month ago, reduced its prevalence, going from 62 in the week from December 31, 2023 to July 31, 2023.

Deaths maternal and children’s

Health Public registers three new deaths maternal of residents in the provinces of Peravia, Espaillat and Montecristiaged between 21 and 29 years.

Until the week 28, the cumulative total is 88 deaths, 48 mothers of Dominican origin and 40 from the neighboring country of Haiti.

Likewise, they were notified 40 infant deathsbringing the number of deaths to 1,114 so far this year.

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