Food and Water-Borne Diseases Update (January 01 – November 25, 2023)

• Acute Bloody Diarrhea

Acute Bloody Diarrhea has a total of 10,721 cases recorded from January 01 to November 25, 2023. A 1 percent increase was seen in cases compared to the same period in 2022.

Top 5 Regions with the Corresponding No. of Cases

1. Central Visayas (Region 7): 1,832 cases
2. Cagayan Valley (Region 2): 1,721 cases
3. Zamboanga (Region 9): 1,703 cases
4. Cordillera Administrative Region: 1,151 cases
5. Caraga (Region 13): 962 cases

For this period, 26 deaths were recorded, most of which stemmed from Central Visayas with 15 deaths.

• Acute Viral Hepatitis

Acute Viral Hepatitis logged 1,350, which was recorded from January 01 to November 25, 2023. The cases decreased by 13 percent compared to the same period in 2022.

Top 5 Regions with the Corresponding No. of Cases

1. Zamboanga (Region 9): 298 cases
2. Central Visayas (Region 7): 263 cases
3. Northern Mindanao (Region 10): 125 cases
4. Metro Manila: 112 cases
5. BARMM Region: 90 cases

A cumulative number of 18 deaths were logged, most of which were logged from Central Visayas with 5 deaths.

• Hepatitis A

Hepatitis A recorded 110 cases from the period of January 01 to November 25, 2023. There was a 1 percent decrease in cases.

Top 5 Regions with the Corresponding No. of Cases

1. Zamboanga (Region 9): 21 cases
2. Western Visayas (Region 6): 19 cases
3. Central Visayas (Region 7): 18 cases
4. Metro Manila: 14 cases
5. Eastern Visayas (Region 8): 12 cases

1 death was recorded, stemming from Metro Manila.

• Cholera

Cholera cases have a total of 3,714 logged from January 01 to November 25, 2023. Cases decreased by 52 percent compared to the same period in 2022.

Top 5 Regions with the Corresponding No. of Cases

1. Eastern Visayas (Region 8): 2,864 cases
2. Bicol (Region 5): 285 cases
3. Western Visayas (Region 6): 143 cases
4. Caraga (Region 13): 114 cases
5. Zamboanga (Region 9): 90 cases

19 deaths were recorded, in which Eastern Visayas contributed the most with 7 deaths.

• Rotavirus

Rotavirus cases logged 6,334 cases from January 01 to November 25, 2023. There was a 26 percent increase in cases, compared to the same period in 2022.

Top 5 Regions with the Corresponding No. of Cases

1. Eastern Visayas (Region 8): 3,010 cases
2. BARMM Region: 1,391 cases
3. Central Luzon (Region 3): 481 cases 
4. Western Visayas (Region 6): 398 cases
5. Bicol (Region 5): 320 cases

15 deaths were recorded during this period, 9 stemming from Eastern Visayas.

• Typhoid Fever

Typhoid Fever cases logged 22,571 cases from January 01 to November 25, 2023. There was a 46 percent increase in cases, compared to the same period in 2022.

Top 5 Regions with the Corresponding No. of Cases

1. Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR): 3,633 cases
2. Northern Mindanao (Region 10): 2,378 cases
3. BARMM Region: 2,105 cases
4. MIMAROPA (Region 4B): 1,880 cases
5. Central Visayas (Region 7): 1,752 cases

During this period, 84 deaths were recorded, most of which came from Central Visayas with 15 deaths.