Not all provinces have reported cases yet
Jakarta (ANTARA) – A total of 164 residents were reported to have died from dengue disease that occurred in various regions until the eighth week of 2022, said an official at the Indonesian Ministry of Health.
“Dengue cases from 2022 to the eighth week have cumulatively reported 15,269 cases with 164 deaths,” said Director of Prevention and Control of Vector and Zoonotic Diseases at the Ministry of Health, Didik Budijanto, confirmed by ANTARA in Jakarta, Friday afternoon.
He said the cases had the potential to increase because the regions that reported the rate of new dengue cases came from 284 regencies/cities in 22 provinces. “Currently not all provinces have reported cases,” he said.
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According to Didik, currently there are additional cases in the eighth week as many as 1,493 cases and 19 deaths.
Dengue suspects sourced from the report of the Early Warning and Response System (SKDR) in the area cumulatively up to the same period as many as 23,276 suspects.
“The highest dengue cases were reported from the provinces of West Java, East Java and Central Java,” he said.
Didik said the spike in dengue cases in Indonesia had been visible since 2021. At that time, the accumulated number of cases reached 71,796 cases. A total of 696 of these patients were reported to have died.
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Dengue cases mostly occurred in the age group 15-44 years reaching 37.71 percent, 5-14 years reaching 37.21 percent, 1-4 years 12.79 percent, over 44 years 9.88 percent and less than 1 year. 2.60 percent.
“This number is an accumulation of dengue cases spread across 467 regencies/cities in 34 provinces,” he said.
Didik added that the Ministry of Health’s efforts to reduce the rate of cases were carried out by intensifying the 1 Rumah 1 Jumantik movement through the involvement of larvae monitoring officers (Jumantik) in all provinces.
“Currently we have 6,122 coordinators, 4,498 supervisors and 1,047 Jumantik cadres in 34 provinces,” he said.
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Reporter: Andi Firdaus
Editor: Budhi Santoso
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