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DID YOU KNOW: 406 leptospirosis cases noted Jan-April 2019

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Children play in floodwaters following monsoon rains that flooded low-lying areas in Manila on Sept. 28, 2013. Two weeks after heavy flooding brought about by rain engulfed Olongapo City, more than 100 cases of leptospirosis have been recorded, according to Philippine Red Cross and local government officials. AP

According to the Department of Health, a total of 406 leptospirosis cases were reported nationwide from January to April 2019.

The figure was 57 percent lower than the 939 cases recorded during the same period last year.

There were 47 deaths recorded due to leptospirosis nationwide from January to April 2019, 11 of these in Metro Manila. —Marielle Medina, Inquirer Research

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