TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite: The number of dengue cases in Cavite province during the first eight months of 2017 dropped by 20 percent as compared to the same period last year, the Provincial Health Office’s Provincial Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (PESU) said on Thursday.

In an interview, the team of physicians from the Provincial Health Office’s PESU headed by medical doctor Nelson Soriano revealed that dengue cases during the period January 1 to September 2 was 2,573 cases with 11 deaths in 2017 compared with 3,228 cases and 16 deaths reported in 2016.

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