Dengue in Dominican Republic
Country profile for Dominican Republic (Americas): official dengue surveillance data reported to WHO, analysed by the SENTINARA early-warning engine.
Key facts
- Dominican Republic reported 1,083 dengue cases from January to September 2026, -26.0% compared with the same period of 2025, according to WHO Global Dengue Surveillance.
- Deaths reported in 2026 to September: 1 (0 in the same period of 2025).
- In 2025, the last full year, Dominican Republic recorded 2,011 cases, an incidence of 17.5 per 100,000 people and a case fatality rate of 0.000%.
- SENTINARA early-warning level for September 2026: Normal, because cases are within the usual range for this time of year.
- Ensemble forecast: October 2026 about 186 cases (80% range 108 to 319); November 2026 about 161 cases (80% range 84 to 308); December 2026 about 106 cases (80% range 51 to 218). Backtest MAPE 44.1%, MASE 0.06.
- Cases usually peak in October (based on 12 complete years).
- The anomaly detectors flagged 7 months; the most recent was March 2024 with 1,046 cases.
- OpenDengue holds complete annual totals for Dominican Republic since 1960.
- Countries with a similar seasonal pattern: Nicaragua, Barbados, Panama, Venezuela, Belize.
Related pages
- Dengue in Nicaragua
- Dengue in Barbados
- Dengue in Panama
- Dengue in Venezuela
- Dengue in Belize
- 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.