New reported cases of Dengue fever are finally in decline in Guangdong after having reached epidemic levels earlier this year.

The Guangdong Health and Family Planning Bureau announced there have been 31,136 cases of Dengue fever this year in Guangdong. There were 910 new cases reported on October 12, the first decline since the first case of Dengue fever was reported back in June.

The Provincial Center for Disease Control said that though this is the high season, the rate of transmission has gone down. The center also said that as the seasons change and the temperature falls the epidemic will gradually subside.

Six people have died of the disease so far in Guangdong.

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