He Ministry of Public Healththrough the General Directorate of Epidemiologyreported the detection of seven new cases confirmed of dengueraising the total to 1,161 since the beginning of the year.
In the period from September 22 to 28, 70 were notified cases probable cases of this disease to the National Epidemiological Surveillance System (Sinave).
45.7% of samples (32) are still pending confirmation by laboratory.
The seven cases confirmeddepending on the place of residence, are distributed among the provinces: Duarte with 71.4% (5) of the cases confirmedMonsignor Nouel and Santiago Rodríguez with 14.3% (1) each.
Compared to 2023, there is a 46% decrease in cases confirmed of denguewhen at that time the health authorities reported 2,170 patients.
So far this year, the total of suspects is located at 9,527. The incidence accumulated of the cases confirmed It is 1,450 per 100,000 inhabitants.
Malaria
About malariain week 39 two were reported cases positives for this disease, a total of 814 since January 2024 and 32,842 suspicions.
The bulletin explains that the large discrepancy between cases suspects and cases confirmed of malaria is because 76% were discarded by laboratory In the final result, 17% are pending results and only 2.48% were confirmed.
Currently, the malaria It is a disease with the goal of elimination in the country. The cases confirmed They occur in greater proportion in patients males 70% of the time, while the age range of 15 to 24 years is the most affected.
Leptospirosis
During week 39, five new patients positive for Leptospira bacteria: one in Peravia; one in Santiago, another in Monseñor Nouel and two in Santo Domingo.
To date, the country registers 413 cases suspects and 32 deaths associatedone of them reported in this week 39.
This disease is transmitted through the urine of some animals, especially the rats.
Likewise, a case of diphtheria in a 54-year-old female patient, resident of the province of San Cristóbal. As of this week, a total of 11 have been reported. cases of diphtheriaof these, 54.5% (6) correspond to the female sex, 72% (8) to the age group under 19 years of age.
Two new ones are also added cases of COVID-19.
Deaths maternal and children
He epidemiological bulletin corresponding to Epidemiological Week number 39 indicates that 33 have occurred cases of deaths childrena total of 1,595 deaths since January.
For the same period in 2023, 2,317 were registered deaths children722 more deaths than today.
At this epidemiological week, the authorities of Health report three deaths maternalof which, two correspond to Haitian citizens and one Dominican. In total, there have been 130 since the beginning of the current year.
