The dengue epidemic is well established

After a fluctuation in the number of consultations during the end-of-year holidays, partly linked to the closure of liberal offices, we observe an increase in the number of patients clinically suggestive of dengue during the last week, with nearly 435 cases estimated ( against 260 cases the previous week). This was the highest number of consultations recorded on the island after that observed in early December (445). “The situation is to be followed carefully during the next few weeks in order to confirm this upsurge,” says the latest Epidemiological Update.
Since the start of the epidemic (mid-October), nearly 4,000 clinically suggestive cases of dengue fever have been seen in community medicine, a third of which in the past four weeks. As of October, the island of Marie-Galante and the town of Gosier were the first territories in Guadeloupe affected by the epidemic with high cumulative incidences, which remain more than 10 cases per 10,000 inhabitants in recent weeks . Long spared, the leeward coast and the Saintes were affected between November and December.

23 emergency rooms

In the past four weeks, 200 biologically confirmed cases have been identified in 21 of the 32 municipalities in the archipelago. North of Grande-Terre and part of the leeward coast have not recorded any biological cases. For the first time since the start of the epidemic, no case domiciled in Capesterre de Marie-Galante has been confirmed biologically. The cities of Saint-François, Le Gosier, Saint-Louis and Grand Bourg still have the highest incidences.
An increase in the number of emergency department visits for suspected dengue fever was observed last week with 23 visits (compared to 7 the previous week). Among these passages, 2 required hospitalization. Since the start of the epidemic, 166 emergency room visits have been recorded, 33 of which required hospitalization, or 20% of visits. In Saint Martin, 420 clinically suggestive cases have been recorded since the start of the epidemic. In Saint-Barth, 50. In Martinique, the total since the appearance of the first cases (last July) is 1,600. Note that the serotypes involved are different depending on the territory: DENV 2 in Guadeloupe, DENV 1 in Saint-Martin, and DENV 3 in Martinique.
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