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DENGUE TREND. Geeny Austria, a nurse at the Regional Epidemiology Surveillance Unit (RESU) of the Department of Health-Cordillera, notes the increasing trend in dengue and leptospirosis cases in the Cordillera region. (Photo by Pamela Mariz Geminiano)
BAGUIO CITY– Dengue cases in the Cordillera Region recorded from January 1 to Oct. 6 this year rose to 5,921 cases, which is 97 percent higher than the 2,999 cases during the same period last year, the Department of Health (DOH) -Cordillera reported Friday .
The DOH Cordillera will also be reported at 31 percent in leptospirosis cases during the period in review.
Geeny Austria, a nurse at the Regional Epidemiology Surveillance Unit (RESU) of the Department of Health-Cordillera, told the Philippine News Agency (PNA) in an interview on Friday that it is based on reports of disease reporting units (DRUs) in provinces comprising the region, there were 11 deaths due to dengue this year compared with nine last year.
Kalinga province recorded the most cases of dengue with 1,139; followed by Benguet with 1,025 cases; Apayao, 887; Abra, 829; Ifugao, 568; Baguio City, 418 cases; and Mountain Province with 224 cases.
She added that out of the total number of cases, 831 came from other provinces outside the Cordillera who sought medical treatment in hospitals in the region.
Austria said that 3,161 of the recorded patients were males with ages ranging from to 96 years old.
On leptospirosis, there were 61 cases in 2017 which increased to 80 cases in 2018, or 31 percent hike.
There was one death due to leptospirosis in 2017 and five deaths in 2018.
Austria said that leptospirosis cases had an increasing trend, which was caused by leptospira.
The Leptospira Bacteria, which was explained, is most commonly spread via the contaminated contaminated urine of infected animals, but it can also be used as a vehicle for transmission of the disease.
According to DRUs, Benguet has 14 leptospirosis cases; Apayao and Baguio City with 10 boxes each; Kalinga has seven cases; Ifugao has four cases; and Abra and Mountain Province with 2 boxes each.
Austria said leptospirosis is a preventable disease.
She urged the public, especially parents to prevent their children from swimming or wading in the water. (PNA)
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