Dengue, deaths increase in Argentina: 197 deaths caused by the epidemic

Deaths from dengue fever are increasing in Argentina. The number of deaths rose to 197, after 36 new deaths were confirmed in the last week, according to official data released on Sunday 14 April. There have already been 4.4 million infections recorded in Latin American and Caribbean countries in the first 15 weeks of the year. This is a number 237% higher than the same period last year. This was reported by the Pan American Health Organization (OPS).

The epidemiological bulletin

The Argentine Ministry of Health has released the latest epidemiological bulletin, according to which the number of dengue cases this season (from week 31 of 2023 to week 14 of 2024) is 269,678, with an increase of 36,682 cases compared to the report of the last week. This year alone, there were 269,678 cases, of which 643 were classified as serious. “Death cases were recorded in all age groups, with the highest mortality rate in people aged over 80, followed by those aged 70 to 79, 60 to 69 and between 30 and 39 years old, while the greatest number of cases occurred in people aged between 30 and 39 years old,” the report writes.

Decrease in the number of weekly cases

Currently, 23 of Argentina’s 24 jurisdictions report indigenous dengue viral circulation, but according to the report in the analysis of the nationwide dengue epidemic curve, “there was a decrease in the number of weekly cases in the penultimate week analyzed compared to the previous one ( for week 13, 29,840 cases have been recorded so far, almost 32% less than in week 12).”