Agusan del Sur Logs 20 Dengue Deaths Amid Rising Infections
Agusan del Sur province in the Philippines has recorded 20 deaths from mosquito-borne dengue fever in the past 10 months. Infections have been on the rise for the last five weeks, with two more fatalities reported between Tuesday and Wednesday this week.
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