Health authorities in Mexico have reported 28,661 cases and 76 deaths from dengue so far this year. In the last week (SE30), 2,383 new infections were registered.
48% of confirmed cases were reported in five states. Guerrero leads the list with 4,333 infections, followed by Tabasco with 2,832 cases; Michoacán with 2,277; Morelos with 2,228; and Oaxaca with 2,138.
The deaths were recorded in Morelos with 13; Guerrero with 12; Tabasco and Veracruz with 10 each; Quintana Roo with 7; Michoacán with 5; State of Mexico with 4; Oaxaca, Nayarit, and Campeche with 3 each; and Chiapas with 2.
Up to epidemiological week 30 (July 23 to 29), the Ministry of Health reported that serotype 3 continues to predominate in infections.
Of the total patients, 15,656 have contracted non-severe dengue; 12,034 dengue with warning signs; 971 severe dengue; and 13,005 cases with these last two manifestations of the disease.
