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Brazil reports more than 500,000 dengue cases in 2024

Brasilia, Feb 14 (Prensa Latina) Brazil has reported 512,353 probable cases of dengue, 75 confirmed deaths and 340 under investigation, so far in 2024, according to the latest report from the Ministry of Health.

The Southeast region has 60.2 percent of the cases and the number of those analyzed has increased fourfold compared to the same period in 2023, when 128,842 cases were reported.

Minas Gerais (southeast) appears as the state with the highest deathtoll from the disease, 16.

From February 9 to 12, 13 new victims were reported due to the virus, which is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.

After Minas Gerais were Paraná, with 14 deaths, the Federal District (DF, 13), Sao Paulo (nine), Goiás (six), Santa Catarina (five), Rio Grande do Sul (four), Río de Janeiro (three) and Espíritu Santo (one).

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