Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes transmit the dengue virus. According to data from the Ministry of Health, as many as 164 residents were reported to have died from dengue fever. (Source: Shutterstock)
According to data from the Ministry of Health, as many as 164 residents were reported to have died due to dengue fever
SuaraJawaTengah.id – In addition to the spread of COVID-19, there are diseases that are also dangerous and deadly. That is dengue fever dengue which spreads during the rainy season.
According to data from the Ministry of Health, as many as 164 residents were reported to have died from dengue disease that occurred in various regions until the eighth week of 2022.
“Dengue cases in 2022 until the eighth week cumulatively reported 15,269 cases with 164 deaths,” said Director of Prevention and Control of Vector and Zoonotic Diseases of the Ministry of Health, Didik Budijanto, quoted from AMONG in Jakarta, Friday afternoon (4/3/2022).
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.
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.
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