The Department of Health (DOH) said Monday that while the occurrence of COVID-19 in the country remains “low risk,” it faces a challenge in non-COVID cases, especially dengue infections.
Meanwhile, the DOH recorded a total of 102,619 dengue cases from January 1 to July 30, 2022, up 131% from the figure recorded at the same time last year.
This has generated serious considerations for Magsasaka’s party list, as dengue cases have crossed the 90,000 mark, with more than three hundred dead.
Acting Health Secretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the Philippines saw a 19 percent and 31 percent increase in coronavirus cases on July 2 and Aug. 8, respectively, considered low-risk.
At the senate Health Committee’s organizational assembly chaired by Senator Bong Go, Vergeire admitted to an increase in COVID-free admissions since last February.
Vergeire said 70% of covid-free beds were already occupied. He said the National Capital Region and the Cordillera Administrative Region are in the moderate category with an average attack rate of 9. 11 to 7. 18 cases consistent with 100,000 inhabitants.
He also said region 4-A and Region 6 were reaching the threshold of the moderate-risk physical care formula with an overall use rate of more than 42%.
The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao also poses a low threat with 120 cases, but extensive use of care is a high threat.
Currently, he said, there are severe and critical cases of COVID in the country.
Meanwhile, the national weekly number of instances shown from August 3 to 9 recorded 27,953 new instances, of which 0. 96% were active instances, 97. 44% recovered and 1. 6% died.
Vergeire also told the Go committee that the five smartest areas with new instances came from NCR-Plus-Quezon City, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal and Manila.
“Nationally, instances continue to increase, with an average of 3993 instances consistent with the day over the past week. Keep in mind that the seven-day moving average is double the instances we reported less than a month ago, with 2258 instances consistent with the day,” Vergeire said.
According to doH’s national dengue knowledge for the week, 44,361 cases were recorded from January 1 to July 30, 2021.
Cumulatively, the peak cases of dengue this year, or 18%, were reported in central Luzon with 18,664 cases, followed by Central Visayas with 10,034 and the National Capital Region (NCR) with 8,870.
A total of 23,414 dengue cases were recorded from July 3 to 30 alone, with central Luzon topping the list with 5,838 cases.
It was followed by the NCR with 2,689 and Calabarzon with 2,369.
The DOH also said that 17 regions have exceeded the dengue epidemic threshold in more than 4 weeks. These regions were the Cagayan Valley, central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Western Visayas, Central Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Cordillera Administrative Region and NCR.
Meanwhile, Mimaropa and Western Visayas showed a “sustained upward trend” in dengue over the same period.
The number of deaths from dengue now rises to 368, representing a lethality of 0. 4%.
Of those deaths, 35 occurred in January, 31 in February, 38 in March, 46 in April, 64 in May, 74 in June and 80 in July, the DOH said.
Congressman Argel Cabatbat said the increase in dengue cases was not compared to previous years with the change of season.
Experts have sounded the alarm about how climate change is expected to accentuate disease transmission from mosquito bites.
“A quick Google search would show you articles, searches, and other content from years that indicate that global warming is something emerging in opening up mosquito habitat. These insects thrive in calamities such as floods or major droughts, and replacing the climate has something to do with it. “see with excessive weather conditions,” says Cabatbat.
In addition to health, climate change also threatens food production. In the Philippines, the growing season has been affected due to heavier and more regular rainfall and changing weather conditions.
To help farmers, magsasaka’s party list reiterated its call for the structure of more post-harvest services and the strengthening of crop insurance to help planters suffer losses when their production is destroyed.
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