In Mexico, the National Center of Preventive Programs and Disease Control (CENAPRECE) informed that, in the Yucatán Peninsula, there were 2,908 cases of dengue, affecting the states of Quintana Roo, Yucatan and Campeche, reported Diario de Yucatán.
CENAPRECE showed that within the 36th epidemiological week, the total confirmed cases of dengue rose to 27,783 in the entire Mexican Republic. The newspaper points out that within the report carried out weekly by the Ministry of Health, 19,538 cases of classic dengue were registered, while 8,245 reports were of hemorrhagic dengue.
In the Yucatán Peninsula, of the 2,908 reported cases, 50.7% belong to the state of Quintana Roo, 35.9% to Yucatán and 13.4% to Campeche. The article explains that, on a national scale, there might be 37% more cases than in 2012 when 20,290 cases were reported in all of Mexico.
This year, dengue outbreaks have been on the rise in the states of Morelos, Chiapas, Tabasco and Tamaulipas, but, so far, has not been reported in the Federal District, Guanajuato, Tlaxcala, Zacatecas, Baja California and Chihuahua.
The newspaper highlights that within the 36th epidemiological week, 294 cases were reported daily, with 14 daily cases in Yucatán, which placed the state in the 11th national position. Tabasco tops the list with 4,245 confirmed dengue cases, followed by Tamaulipas with 3,503, Veracruz with 3,247, Morelos with 1,985 and then Chiapas with 1,838.
The state of Yucatán saw a decrease of 62.3% in comparison with 2012 when 2,772 cases were confirmed.