BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO
The number of dengue-related deaths in Bacolod City is now at 12, with the total number of cases reaching 831.
The latest victims are two 6-year-old girls from Barangays 8 and Taculing, based on reports from the Bacolod City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit of the Bacolod City Health Office.
The total number of dengue cases this year is 216 percent higher than the total cases in the previous year, which was 263 with three deaths.
Barangays Taculing and Mansilingan are considered hot spot areas.
Mansilingan also has the highest recorded numbers of cases, totaling 105, followed by Taculing – 69, Estefania – 58, Tangub – 57, Singcang – 53, Villamonte – 50, Alijis – 47, Cabug – 43, Sum-ag and Mandalagan – 39 each, Handumanan – 3, Bata – 29, Granada – 25, Vista Alegre- 24, and Banago – 22.
The CHO has conducted residual spraying in Brgys 12 and Taculing, as well as an information campaign to prevent the spread of dengue.*
