Manila, March 6 -- The Quezon City government has recorded 12 deaths due to dengue from Jan. 1 to March 5, 2025, marking a 500 percent increase from the two fatalities recorded in the city in the same period last year.

On Thursday, the city's Epidemiology & Surveillance Division (QCESD) also logged a 298-percent increase in the total number of dengue cases, from 857 in the same period last year, to 3,234 cases as of Wednesday.

"The latest fatality, an 8-year-old girl from Barangay Pasong Tamo, developed symptoms on February 22 but only sought medical consultation four days later, on Feb. 26, at MH Pedro Health Center," the QCESD said in a statement.

"Experiencing headache, malaise, vomiting, and diarrhea, she was admitted to the Philip...