Epidemiological Update: Dengue - 23 March 2020

In the Region of the Americas, between epidemiological week (EW) 1 and EW 8 of 2020, a total of 560.086 cases of dengue, including 118 deaths. Of the total cases, 137,900 (25%) were laboratory-confirmed and 1,560 (0.3%) were classified as severe dengue. The case-fatality rate was 0.023%.