Millions of people worldwide, particularly in the regions across the Western Hemisphere, have been infected with dengue fever this year, marking "the most dengue in recorded history."
Around five million cases of dengue fever and 5,500 deaths have been reported across 20 countries in 2023, the highest ever since record-keeping began in 1980. Of these, more than four million cases and 2,000 deaths were reported from the Americas and Caribbean this year, breaking the previous record set in 2019.
