Want China Times
Date: 2015-10-12
By: CNA
The number of dengue fever infections reported in Taiwan since the start of
A health worker spays pesticide in Tainan, Oct. 5. (Photo/Huang Chung-yu)
May has reached 23,110, the national Centers for Disease Control said Monday.
The latest figure represents an increase of 263 cases from the previous day, the lowest daily increase recorded since September, the CDC said.
As of Sunday, 19,204 cases had been reported in the southern municipality of Tainan and 3,519 in neighboring Kaohsiung, according to CDC figures.
In Tainan, the number of infections increased by 162 from the previous day.
Compared with the same day last week, the number of new cases in Tainan was 57 fewer, the CDC said. [FULL STORY]
