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MALASIQUI, Pangasinan - The Pangasinan Provincial Health Office (PHO) has recorded 4,210 acute gastroenteritis cases and 25 leptospirosis cases from Jan. 1 to Aug. 29 this year. Based on the PHO's data issued on Wednesday, the acute gastroenteritis cases are 121 percent higher than the 1,904 cases recorded in the same period last year. The death due to the disease reached 24 this year from 11 last year. Most of the patients are one to four years old children with most cases recorded in May. The municipalities and cities under PHO's monitoring are the towns of Umingan, Lingayen, Malasiqui, Mangaldan, Bolinao, Binmaley, Calasiao, Pozorrubio, San Carlos City, and Alaminos City. In a phone interview on Wednesday, PHO chief, Dr. Anna Ma. Teresa de Guzman, attributed the increase in cases to the hygiene, food preparation, and unclean source of drinking water. "Since most of the patients are children, their hygiene, especially their hands, might have been unclean. It might also b

Alaminos cityIlocos norteSan carlos citySan carlosNegros occidentalAnna maPangasinan provincial health officeTeresa de guzmanAngasinan the pangasinan provincial health office pho has recorded 4210 acute gastroenteritis cases and 25 leptospirosis from jan 1 to aug 29 this year based on the pho 39s data issued wednesdayHe acute gastroenteritis cases are 121 percent higher than the 1904 cases recorded in the same period last year death due to disease reached 24 this from 11 most of patients are one four years old children with may municipalities and cities under pho 39s monitoring towns uminganSan carlos cityNd alaminos city ina phone interview on wednesdayWho chiefR anna ma teresa de guzman