Dengue cases in S'pore reach 7,000 mark

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The total number of dengue cases in Singapore reached the 7,000 mark as of 3pm on Friday.

This is higher than the total number of cases reported for the whole of 2012 and in 2011. There were 4,632 cases reported in 2012 and 5,330 reported in 2011.

There has been however, a slight dip in the number of cases reported in the past week.

There were 510 cases reported in the week ending 17 May as of 3pm, compared to 562 the week before.

Of the 7,000 cases, 159 are in construction sites. That is more than double the number reported last year.