The number of people who died from dengue fever in Bahia rose to 60 on Monday (6), according to the Bahia Health Department (Sesab). The most recent death was recorded in the city of Itaberaba, a city in the Chapada Diamantina region.
Also according to Sesab, the fatality rate from the disease in the state is 2.8%, a number that is lower than the national average. Check below the list of cities that have already recorded deaths in Bahia:
- Vitória da Conquista (13),
- Jacaraci (5),
- Feira de Santana (4),
- Juazeiro (4),
- Crossroads (3),
- Piripa (3),
- Barra do Choça (2),
- Caetité (2),
- Coaraci (2),
- Palmas de Monte Alto (2),
- Saint Anthony of Jesus (2),
- Bom Jesus da Lapa (1),
- Caculé (1),
- Caetanos (1),
- Campo Formoso (1),
- Caribbean (1)
- Carinhanha (1),
- Guanambi (1),
- Ibiassucê (1),
- Ipiaú (1),
- Irecê (1),
- Itaberaba (1),
- Luís Eduardo Magalhães (1),
- Macaúbas (1),
- Maraú (1),
- Saint Stephen (1),
- Seabra (1),
- New Tank (1)
- Várzea Nova (1)
- Itaberaba (1)
Salvador is no longer in the midst of a Dengue epidemic
In a note, the Municipal Health Department of Salvador (SMS) reported that the capital of Bahia lost its dengue epidemic status on Monday (6).
According to data from the new Weekly Epidemiological Report, released by the Public Health Emergency Operations Center for Dengue and other arboviruses, the significant drop in disease indicators made it possible to reevaluate the epidemic classification decreed in February in the capital of Bahia.
According to the bulletin, Salvador presented a reduction of more than 50% in the number of confirmed dengue cases compared to the same period last year. Until the 18th epidemiological week, between December 31, 2023 and May 4, 2024, there were 825 occurrences, compared to 1,772 last year.
