Argentina exceeds 333,000 cases and 238 deaths from dengue

In its worst historical dengue outbreak, Argentina registered 333,084 cases of dengue and 238 deaths, according to the latest epidemiological report issued on April 22 by the Ministry of Health. The health institution observed that a decrease in weekly cases of infections of the disease caused by the Aedes aegypti mosquito is recorded for the second consecutive week.

The peak of cases was recorded in week 12, which corresponds between March 17 and 23, with 47,092 patients, from which a decrease of 21% is identified. In 2024 alone, 315,942 cases were recorded. The accumulated incidence so far for the season is 708 cases per one hundred thousand inhabitants.

Likewise, in Paraguay there has been a decrease in dengue numbers. In epidemiological weeks 13 to 15, between March 24 and April 13, 2,031 confirmed cases, 2,376 probable and 21,465 suspected cases were reported, while hospitalizations of confirmed cases amounted to 242 patients, another 103 probable and 763 suspected.

In the accumulated from September 17 to April 13, there are 41,119 confirmed cases, in addition to 24,747 probable and 214,343 suspects, in addition to 5,328 hospitalizations whose diagnosis confirmed the disease, and a total of 86 deaths in seven months as a result of dengue in Paraguayan territory . The nation

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