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15 dengue deaths in 2024, up from 6 in whole of 2023
The Straits Times
|October 31, 2024
Cases stand at 12,736 so far, compared with last year’s total of 9,949
There have been 15 reported deaths from local dengue infections so far in 2024, more than double the six deaths in the whole of 2023, according to the National Environment Agency (NEA).
The dengue case tally so far in 2024 stands at 12,736. In comparison, the total number of cases in 2023 was 9,949, while in 2022, 32,173 cases were recorded.
In its quarterly dengue surveillance report, NEA also noted that there was a dip in dengue cases over the past quarter - with 2,963 cases from July to September, 27.6 per cent lower than the number recorded from April to June.
From July to September, NEA identified 354 dengue clusters 309 of which were closed in the same period. The number of clusters also decreased by about 18 per cent compared with the previous quarter.
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