SP has 31 deaths and 139 thousand confirmed cases of dengue – 03/04/2024 – Health

The state of São Paulo recorded, as of this Monday (4), 31 confirmed deaths from dengue. There are still another 122 deaths under investigation, according to the state government’s monitoring panel.

The deaths already confirmed occurred in the cities of Bebedouro (1), Bariri (2), Bauru (1), Pederneiras (2), Bragança Paulista (1), Campinas (1), São Paulo (2), Franca (1), Restinga (1), Marília (3), Guarulhos (3), Suzano (1), Batatais (1), Ribeirão Preto (2), Serrana (1), Mauá (1), Parisi (1), Votuporanga (1) , Pindamonhangaba (2), Taubaté (2) and Tremembé (1).

Since the beginning of the year, the State Department of Health has registered 139,259 confirmed cases of the disease. With an incidence rate of 311 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, the situation in São Paulo is already considered epidemic according to WHO (World Health Organization) criteria – above 300 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

At least 11 cities in São Paulo have already declared a public health emergency due to the epidemiological situation. They are Registro, Iepê, Marília, Botucatu, Jacareí, Pindamonhangaba, Pederneiras, Bariri, Guararema, Suzano and Taubaté. According to experts, the measure should be adopted at the state level in the coming weeks, with the growth of cases.

Last Friday (1st), the acting health secretary of São Paulo, Priscilla Perdicaris, stated that it was not yet time to declare an emergency, but that the assessment is carried out weekly by the COE (Emergency Operations Center) of the state.

Also according to Perdicaris, Alto Tietê, Vale do Paraíba and the northwest of São Paulo are the regions that most concern state health authorities from an epidemiological point of view.

According to data from the Ministry of Health, Brazil already has 1,038,475 probable cases of dengue and 258 confirmed deaths from the disease this year alone. The national incidence coefficient is 511 cases for every 100 thousand inhabitants.