
Santo Domingo, DR Although the dengue cases this year are lower than those registered in 2019, which was an epidemic year, in the first 11 months of this, the disease caused by the bite of a mosquito has caused the death of 35 patients records 3,789 probable cases. In the last four weeks of November, 78 new dengue cases were reported, of which 78% occurred in children under 20 years of age. In previous years the disease was registered more frequently in children under 15 years of age. About half, 48% of the new cases registered in the last week occurred in the municipalities of Santo Domingo Este, Santo Domingo Norte, Santo Domingo de Guzmán and Santo Domingo Oeste. The bulletin corresponding to epidemiological week 48 registers the notifications until […]