Records from the City Health Office (CHO) showed that the city had a total of 866 dengue cases with 12 fatalities from January 1 to October 15, 2022.
For the same period last year, there were only 284 cases and three deaths.
Records also showed that of the 61 barangays, Mansilingan and Taculing were identified as dengue hotspot areas, or those with an increasing number of dengue cases for four consecutive weeks.
Barangay Mansilingan had the highest number of cases with 108, followed by Barangay Taculing – 71; Estefania – 62; Tangub – 59; Singcang-Airport – 55; Villamonte – 52; Alijis – 48; Cabug – 46; Sum-ag – 41; Mandalagan – 41; Handumanan – 32; Bata – 30; Granada – 28; Vista Alegre – 27; and Banago – 22.
Dr. Grace Tan, head of City Health Office’s Environment Sanitation Division, said they were conducting indoor and outdoor residual spraying and fogging in areas with clustering cases and public places.
“For all individuals at the household level should search and destroy all breeding and nesting places of mosquitoes,” she said.
Tan added that those who have fever or flu-like symptoms should seek early treatment or consultation.
