MANILA, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) — The Philippines’ health department said Tuesday that deaths from dengue fever have climbed to 400 this year as the mosquito-borne disease cases rose by 143 percent from the same period last year.
The Department of Health has tallied 118,785 cases from Jan. 1 to Aug. 13. Data showed the Central Luzon region recorded the highest, with over 21,000 cases, followed by the Central Visayas r