The outbreak of dengue is gathering force in Buenos Aires Province in particular where 26 municipal districts have declared a state of alert while the number of cases (over 40,000 testing positive so far this summer) has already swamped the capacity for lab analysis with the symptoms of patients being diagnosed instead.
Between the second and third weeks of February the number of cases rose 66 percent from 1,796 to 2,997 confirmed cases in BA Province alone with four deaths but dengue is also on the loose in other parts of the country – for example, over 1,700 cases in Córdoba. Nationwide the number of cases of dengue has set a new record, marking a 2,546 percent increase so far this year by comparison with the same period in 2023. In the six months between last August and February there have been 57,210 cases of dengue with 38 deaths.
SOURCE: batimes.com.ar