Brazil has surpassed 6.5 million probable cases of dengue this year and, although the incidence of the epidemic has decreased in recent months, 5,244 deaths from the disease have been recorded since January, official sources said today.
According to an epidemiological bulletin released today by the Ministry of Health, the number of probable cases is 6,500,835 in just over six months.
A further 1,985 deaths are being investigated, so the death toll could be much higher. So far, the record number of cases was registered in 2015, with 1.6 million, while the year with the most deaths was 2023, when 1,094 people died.
Brazil, like all of Latin America, has suffered the worst dengue epidemic in its history this year, which has been attributed to the climatic disturbances caused by the El Niño phenomenon, which has raised temperatures and increased rainfall in almost all regions of the country.
Even so, the incidence rate has dropped considerably in recent months, with the arrival of winter and drought in some regions of the country.
According to the Ministry of Health, the dengue incidence rate in Brazil is 3,201.4 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
A study, published in the journal Nature Communications and involving scientists from Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, the United States, Brazil and Mexico, predicts that by 2039, 97 per cent of Brazil's municipalities will be affected by dengue, while in Mexico the figure will be 81 per cent.
In Brazil, most of the areas invaded in the coming years will be in the south.
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