BAGUIO CITY: Health authorities said 17 people have succumbed to dengue in the different parts of the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) over the past eight and a half months, or almost double compared to the same period last year.

Karen Lonogan, senior health program officer of the Department of Health (DoH)-CAR, said the region recorded a total of 6,203 dengue cases as of September 7, 16 percent higher than the number during the same period in 2018.