BACOLOD CITY: The City Health Office (CHO) here recorded a 96 percent increase in dengue cases in the first five months of 2017 with 310 patients compared to the same period last year with only 158 cases.

CHO Environmental Sanitation Division head, Grace Tan, said that from January to May 20 this year, dengue cases increased to 96.2 percent and the latest victim is a 12-year-old girl from Barangay Handumanan who passed away on May 18.

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