Health officials, however, said the region seems to have passed the worse dengue threat last July.
"Our graphs show a declining trend in dengue cases which peaked last July, and it is rare for graphs to reflect more than one peak in a year," said Dr. Jesse Fantone, regional epidemiology chief of the Department of Health.
Fantone, however, urged residents to remain vigilant against dengue which is transmitted by the Aedes Egypti mosquitoes, saying inclement weather in the coming weeks might yet trigger another upsurge in cases. — Ding Cervantes