Brazil breaks historic record for dengue cases with 1.8 million in less than three months

Brazil registered 1,889,206 probable cases of dengue fever in the first eleven weeks of 2024 alone, according to data from the Ministry of Health's Arbovirus Panel released this Monday (18). It is the highest number of cases recorded in one year since 2000, when the number began to be counted.

There are 561 deaths from the disease, with another 1,020 deaths being investigated to find out whether or not there is a relationship with dengue.

For every 100 thousand inhabitants, the arbovirus incidence coefficient number is 930.4. The World Health Organization (WHO) considers an epidemic when this parameter is greater than 300.

In the country, since the beginning of the year, Acre, Amapá, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul and the Federal District have already declared a dengue emergency.

Among men and women, the percentage of people possibly infected corresponds to 44.5% and 55.5%, respectively. Furthermore, the age group with the most records of probable cases of the virus is 20 to 29 years old.

In absolute numbers, Minas Gerais remains the state with the highest number of cases, with 627,307 probable diagnoses. Following are São Paulo (361,209), Paraná (179,174), Distrito Federal (157,250), Rio de Janeiro (140,593), Goiás (103,057) and Espírito Santo (70,129).

The number of dengue infections this year has already exceeded the total number of cases in 2023, which recorded 1,658,816. It is worth noting that the previous record for probable cases of the virus, in relation to the current number of infected people, occurred in 2015, with 1,688,688, according to the Ministry of Health's historical series.

(*Under the supervision of Felipe Andrade)

Source: CNN Brasil

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