Argentina logs over 527,000 cases of dengue

Argentina has logged more than 527,000 cases of dengue so far this year, the country's Health Ministry said on Sunday.

In the first 28 weeks of this year, health officials reported 527,517 cases, or 97 percent of the total logged during the entire season starting in epidemiological week 31 of 2023, according to the ministry's latest National Epidemiological Bulletin. Currently, the incidence rate stands at 1,157 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, said the report. So far 401 patients have died from dengue this year.