Dengue in Dominica
Country profile for Dominica (Americas): official dengue surveillance data reported to WHO, analysed by the SENTINARA early-warning engine.
Key facts
- Dominica reported 419 dengue cases from January to December 2023, +13866.7% compared with the same period of 2022, according to WHO Global Dengue Surveillance.
- Deaths reported in 2023 to December: 0 (0 in the same period of 2022).
- In 2023, the last full year, Dominica recorded 419 cases, an incidence of 636.1 per 100,000 people and a case fatality rate of 0.000%.
- SENTINARA early-warning level for December 2023: Watch, because the latest month is above the 3rd quartile of the previous five years; the outbreak score is 0.68, well above what is expected for the season.
- Ensemble forecast: January 2024 about 0 cases (80% range 0 to 5); February 2024 about 0 cases (80% range 0 to 6); March 2024 about 0 cases (80% range 0 to 4). Backtest MAPE 100%, MASE 1.
- Cases usually peak in December (based on 6 complete years).
- The anomaly detectors flagged 4 months; the most recent was December 2023 with 419 cases.
- OpenDengue holds complete annual totals for Dominica since 1962.
- Countries with a similar seasonal pattern: Antigua and Barbuda, Jamaica, Suriname, Puerto Rico, United States.
Related pages
- Dengue in Antigua and Barbuda
- Dengue in Jamaica
- Dengue in Suriname
- Dengue in Puerto Rico
- Dengue in United States
- Dengue in Ecuador
- Dengue in Peru
- Dengue in El Salvador
- Dengue in Grenada
- Dengue in Trinidad and Tobago
- Dengue in Costa Rica
Data updated 2026-10-31. Sources: WHO Global Dengue Surveillance; OpenDengue V1.3 (Clarke et al., 2025), doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.24259573; Dinas Kesehatan Kota Semarang; World Bank Open Data; NASA POWER.