But unlike Hinigran, Tumimbang said, Cadiz is now approaching the “epidemic stage” in terms of increase in the number of dengue cases.
As of July 2, Hinigaran has 16 dengue cases from 12 while in Cadiz, the number of residents who fell ill to the mosquito-borne disease climbed to 11 from two, he said, adding that the figures may continue to increase.
Tumimbang added that La Carlota City and Binalbagan town also remain under dengue alert threshold with 20 and 10 cases, respectively.
Records from the Provincial Health Office (PHO) show that five local government units in the province previously in the top ten with the greatest number of dengue cases are no longer in the alert level threshold.
These includes the cities of Kabankalan, San Carlos and Bago and the towns of Cauayan and Pontevedra.
Tumimbang also explained that despite the fact that the number of deaths due to dengue in Negros Occidental has reached ten, it is still not alarming.
It is just a small percentage compared to the total number of cases, he said.
The doctor noted that a person manifesting symptoms even without diagnosis is already considered as dengue-infected.
Meanwhile, the PHO will only recommend fogging and the use of the larvicidal agents against dengue-carrying mosquitoes in areas where the disease is already considered an epidemic.
“We will sit down with the LGU and discuss strategies, implementation and response (against dengue) including clean-up drive every Friday after office hours,” Tumimbang stressed.
In Bacolod City, dengue cases have increased by 179 percent during the first six months of 2022 compared to the same period last year.
The local health office reported that from January to June 25, 2022, Bacolod City had a total of 279 dengue cases with five fatalities.
This is higher than the 100 cases and two deaths for the same period last year.
The fatalities include the 11-year-old boy in Barangay Singcang-Airport; 20-year-old woman in Barangay Pahanocoy; 19-year-old male teenager in Barangay Sum-ag; 75-year-old man in Barangay Tangub and the three-year-old girl in Barangay Mansilingan.
Of the 279 dengue cases, Barangay Tangub has the highest number of cases with 25.
Followed by Barangay Mansilingan with 22 cases; Barangays Estefania and Singcang-Airport, 21 each; Barangay Sum-ag, 20; Barangay Mandalagan, 19; Barangay Taculing, 17; Barangays Villamonte and Alijis, 15 each; Barangay Granada, 14; Barangay Cabug, 10; and Barangay Banago, 8. (with reports from MAP)