Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Jalisco records 243% increase in Dengue cases

Until the beginning of August, a total of 790 confirmed cases of dengue were recorded in Jalisco, which, according to the Jalisco Ministry of Health (SSJ), represents an increase of about 243% compared to the figure in the same period of 2018: 233 patients.

Together with Chiapas, Veracruz, Oaxaca and Quintana Roo, Jalisco is among the list of five states with the highest number of cases, while in incidence it occupies the seventh position, with a rate of 9.54 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants (the average national is located at 5.49).

“All the states of the Mexican Republic . . .

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