Palawan recorded 2,587 dengue cases and 25 deaths from January to September 3, according to the Department of Health (DOH) MIMAROPA Regional Office.
The figures covered Morbidity Weeks 1 to 34, based on the DOH’s latest dengue surveillance report.
Palawan recorded 108 additional cases from the previous week, when 2,479 cases were reported. Dengue deaths also increased from 23 to 25.
Puerto Princesa City, which the DOH tracks separately from Palawan province, recorded 1,014 cases and three deaths during the same period.
Combined, Palawan and Puerto Princesa accounted for 3,601 of the 5,674 dengue cases reported across MIMAROPA, or about 63% of the regional total.
They also accounted for 28 of the region’s 37 dengue deaths.
Across MIMAROPA, dengue cases increased by 306, from 5,368 in Morbidity Week 33 to 5,674 in Week 34. Deaths rose from 34 to 37.
Despite the latest increase, the region recorded 46% fewer cases than during the same period in 2025, when 10,529 cases were reported.
Among the other provinces, Oriental Mindoro recorded 813 cases, Occidental Mindoro 706, Romblon 409 and Marinduque 145.
The DOH also flagged Romblon, where 383 cases were 7% higher than its historical level for the same period.
In Palawan, Bataraza continued to report dengue cases above its historical level, while Balabac recorded a particularly high increase compared with previous years.
The number of barangays across MIMAROPA that recorded at least three dengue cases within a four-week period also increased from 86 to 97.
In Puerto Princesa, cases increased in Santa Monica, San Manuel, Bancao-Bancao and San Pedro, while cases declined in San Miguel and San Jose.
Children aged 1 to 10 remained the most affected age group, accounting for about 37% of cases in both reporting weeks.
The figures were from the DOH MIMAROPA’s Timely Review of Notifiable Diseases (TReND), which monitors disease cases reported across the region.
The surveillance report was prepared by the DOH Center for Regional Epidemiology and Technology Enhancement-Health Information System/Health Emergency Response (CRE@TE-HIS/HER) using data from regional disease surveillance databases.
