Cases of Dengue Fever Continue to Decline in State of Jalisco Santini Bracho - Vallarta Today
go to original April 14, 2022

Thanks to citizen participation and prevention actions carried out by all institutions involved in the fight against the Aedes aegipty mosquito, which transmits dengue fever, Jalisco has kept the number of cases of this disease in the state at a low level. The year 2021 closed with 95 percent less infections compared to the previous year and only one non-serious case has been confirmed so far in 2022.

This was announced during the presentation of the Report on Actions Against Dengue 2021 that took place during the First Ordinary Session 2022 of the Inter-institutional Commission "Transectorial Unit for the Prevention and Control of Vector-borne Diseases in the State of Jalisco", headed by the General Strategic Coordinator of Social Development, Anna Bárbara Casillas García, and the head of the Ministry of Health in the entity (SSJ), Fernando Petersen Aranguren.

"Everyone's commitment is required to keep this vector-transmissible disease at bay and it is very important that we maintain this low incidence, because we have to continue to address issues such as the COVID-19 pandemic and other types of illnesses," said the coordinator.

In Jalisco, by the close of 2020, 4,455 cases of non-serious dengue were recorded, and in 2021 153 cases of non-serious dengue were recorded. As of epidemiological week six in 2020, there were 39 cases of dengue fever, in 2021 there were 16 cases and in 2022, as of the same epidemiological week, there was only one case.

In this 2022, Jalisco ranks 15th nationally, by incidence rate, and eighth by the number of cases with only one case.

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