Overview
- Regional health officials reported 177 leptospirosis cases, including 42 confirmed, with five deaths across Sullana, Bellavista, Piura, Castilla, and Chulucanas.
- Authorities identified the Interrogans Varillal serotype, which they describe as unusually aggressive with reservoirs extending beyond rodents to dogs and pigs.
- Sullana leads the regional case count with 96 infections, followed by Morropón with 32 and Piura with 30, according to the Health Ministry.
- The most recently reported death involved a resident of Santa Rosa in Morropón who raised pigs in unsanitary conditions, which officials linked to exposure risk.
- Dengue cases have risen to 2,027 probable and 423 confirmed in the subregion, with a sharp jump in the Las Palmas area near Chulucanas and no deaths reported to date.