The report added that a 23-day old baby is the youngest and a 69-year old elderly is the oldest dengue patient in the province during the period.
Most affected age bracket is from 10 years to 19 years old that comprised 36.87 percent of the total number for Morbidity Week 23.
Local health authorities have intensified the call to the public by implementing the 4S strategy in their households to curb the increasing dengue cases in the province especially that there are more opportunities for the mosquitoes to breed amid the onset of the rainy season.
The 4S strategy includes the Search and destroy of mosquito – breeding sites, Self-protection measures like wearing of
