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Typhoid cases up, three die
BY CARLA GOMEZ
Typhoid fever has risen by 60 percent in Negros Occidental this year with three reported deaths, Dr. Ernell Tumimbang, provincial health officer, said yesterday.
Tumimbang, who attributed the increase to the long rainy season, said areas of concern are Calatrava, Kabankalan City and San Carlos City that have the most number of cases.
The most number of typhoid fever cases in Calatrava were in barangays Laga-an and Marcelo, Tumimbang added.
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There were 486 typhoid cases this year compared to 302 last year, or 60 percent more, he added.
The top three areas with typhoid fever cases, which are areas of concern, are Calatrava with 84, Kabankalan City - 58 and San Carlos City - 43, Tumimbang said.
Other areas hit with typhoid fever are Isabela – 31 cases, Silay City – 27; Escalante City, Himamaylan City, Sagay City and Talisay City with 21 each, Moises Padilla – 20, Cadiz City 17, La Carlota City -15, Victorias City - 12, Don Salvador Benedicto - 11, Toboso -10, Cauayan and La Castellana – 9 each;
E.B. Magalona, Ilog and Murcia – 8 each, Binalbagan and Hinigaran – 7 each, Bago City – 6, Manapla – 4, Pontevedra - 3, and Candoni, Hinoba-an, San Enrique, Sipalay and Valladolid – 1 each.*CPG
Typhoid cases up, three die
BY CARLA GOMEZ
Typhoid fever has risen by 60 percent in Negros Occidental this year with three reported deaths, Dr. Ernell Tumimbang, provincial health officer, said yesterday.
Tumimbang, who attributed the increase to the long rainy season, said areas of concern are Calatrava, Kabankalan City and San Carlos City that have the most number of cases.
The most number of typhoid fever cases in Calatrava were in barangays Laga-an and Marcelo, Tumimbang added.
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There were 486 typhoid cases this year compared to 302 last year, or 60 percent more, he added.
The top three areas with typhoid fever cases, which are areas of concern, are Calatrava with 84, Kabankalan City - 58 and San Carlos City - 43, Tumimbang said.
Other areas hit with typhoid fever are Isabela – 31 cases, Silay City – 27; Escalante City, Himamaylan City, Sagay City and Talisay City with 21 each, Moises Padilla – 20, Cadiz City 17, La Carlota City -15, Victorias City - 12, Don Salvador Benedicto - 11, Toboso -10, Cauayan and La Castellana – 9 each;
E.B. Magalona, Ilog and Murcia – 8 each, Binalbagan and Hinigaran – 7 each, Bago City – 6, Manapla – 4, Pontevedra - 3, and Candoni, Hinoba-an, San Enrique, Sipalay and Valladolid – 1 each.*CPG
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