Dengue Situation Report # 5: 25 September 2023

Overview

• This reporting week, 20 041 cases including 87 deaths have been reported compared to 19 356 cases including 92 deaths in the previous week.
• A higher proportion of female deaths (57% females to 43% males) have been observed since the beginning of the outbreak. However, the gap is closing in recent weeks. In the reporting week, there were 52% male deaths compared to 48% female deaths.
• A total of 445 samples have been serotyped in this outbreak. The majority are DENV-2 (65.6%), then DENV-3 (27.4%), DENV-1 (2.5%), DENV-4 (0.2%) and the rest 4.3% are co-infection of DENV2 and DENV-3.
• A Health Cluster Meeting was held on 20 September 2023 to review and share experiences in the current response and re-strategize as needed. Over 20 partners participated and committed to continue to support the government.