Brazil reached 3,000 confirmed deaths from dengue fever since the beginning of the year this Thursday (23). Another 2,666 are being investigated. Akko and Roraima are the only states that did not record deaths. Moreover, they are 5.213 million possible cases of the disease in the country and the infection rate is 2567.5 per 100 thousand people.
Of the total confirmed deaths, 163 were in January, 227 were in February, 601 were in March, and 1,082 were in April. The data is taken from the weekly bulletins provided by the Ministry of Health. Furthermore, the country’s infection rate is 2,511.9 cases per 100,000 population.
Brazil has already broken records Number of possible cases It’s from Recorded deaths Disease in the historical series. The highest number of deaths was in 2023, at 1,179. The year with the highest number of cases was 2015, at 1,688,688.
São Paulo is the federal unit with the highest number of deaths in 2024, with 805, followed by Minas Gerais (519), Paraná (367), Distrito Federal (365) and Santa Catarina (213). Together, the five constitute 75% of the total number of deaths.
When it comes to the infection rate, the Federal District is the federal unit with the highest number, with 9,078.7 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Next come the states of Minas Gerais, Paraná, Santa Catarina and Goiás, accounting for 54% of the absolute number of cases.
The age group with the most recorded dengue fever cases is from 20 to 29 years, with more than 955,000 cases, which represents approximately one in every five cases. When the sexes are separated, women constitute the majority of those infected with the disease (55%).
