ZAMBOANGA CITY: The Zamboanga Peninsula recorded a total of 12,123 dengue cases with 76 deaths, most of them children aged 10 and below, from January to early August this year, a top Department of Health (DoH) Region 9 official said.

The DoH 9 official, who requested anonymity, said “the number of cases and fatality on the dreadful ailment continues to increase in spite of the intensified campaign to eradicate the disease by all local government units in the Christian- Muslim region.”

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