14-year-old girl dies of dengue in Albay

A 14-year-old girl in Albay province has died while confined in a hospital for dengue last week.

The victim was identified as Kyla Morada Velasco, ersident of Barnagay Binitayan, Daraga.

The Department of Health's regional office in Bicol said Velasco is the third dengue fatality in Albay province since January 1.

In June, the DOH had said there was a downtrend in the number of recorded dengue cases in the country this year.

It said that as of June of this year, a total of 143,902 dengue cases have been recorded. The number is 32 percent lower from the 211,000 cases during the same  period in 2016. —report from Michael Jaucian/ALG, GMA News