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CEBU CITY, Philippines - Dengue cases in Cebu City went down to 1,260 or by 40.65 percent last year compared to the 2,123 cases recorded in 2007, the City Epidemiology Statistics and Surveillance Unit (CESSU) said yesterday.
In its report to the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) the city's health authorities said there were 52 deaths caused by dengue last year or less than one case recorded in 2007.
Most of the victims were males aged two months old to 60 years old.
Cebu City health authorities identified 10 barangays with the highest number of dengue-related deaths and the most number of dengue cases last year.
Barangay Guadalupe tops the list with 98 dengue cases and six deaths followed by Mabolo with 60 dengue cases and two deaths and Labangon with 59 dengue cases and three deaths.
They were followed by Tisa with 54 cases and four deaths, Basak San Nicolas with 52 cases and two deaths, Inayawan with 51 cases and three deaths and Lahug with 50 dengue cases.
Rounding out the list were barangays Kamputhaw with 47 dengue cases, Talamban with 38 dengue cases and three deaths and Bulacao with 36 cases and two deaths.
In contrast, barangays Agsungot, Babag I, Buot Taup, Pamutan, Paril, Sudlon I and II, Tabunan, Tagbao and Taptap had zero incidence of dengue last year.
City health authorities credited the decline in the number of dengue cases to the coordination between sanitary inspectors and barangays in their cleanup and spraying campaigns. Correspondent Jully Venus Cuizon
