34 die from dengue in Honduras this year

TEGUCIGALPA, June 11 (Xinhua) -- A total of 34 people have died from dengue in Honduras this year, said Gustavo Urbina, Chief of the Department of Arbovirus of the Health Ministry, on Tuesday.

Of the 10,390 cases of dengue reported by the Health Ministry, 6,792 are mild cases and 3,598 are severe ones.

The municipalities that reported deaths from the disease are Atlantida, Cortes and Yoro in north of the country, Choluteca in the south, Olancho in the northeast and Santa Barbara in the west of the country, Urbina said.

Honduras reported 9,114 cases of dengue in 2018, up from 5,217 in 2017.