Dengue, in Brazil almost one million infections - Breaking news. In number it represents 58.9% of all infections last year.
The incidence rate went from 777.6 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants in 2023 to 453.3 in 2024. In the first 2 months of the year, 195 people have already died, a higher number than the 149 deaths in the whole of 2023. The government has already allocated 1.5 billion reais to states and municipalities to support the costs of local authorities in the fight against the epidemic.