Number of malaria cases | Panama
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Overview
Number of confirmed malaria cases in Panama in 2023 amounted to 11 611, which is 61.87% more than in 2022, when it was 7 173 cases. It has been growing in this country for already 6 years in a row. Since 2000, for the whole period of WHO statistics, the annual malaria case count in Panama has increased in 11.21 times. The highest number of new malaria diagnoses was in 2023, when it reached 11 611. The minimum of Panama was recorded in 2011, with a value of 354 cases.
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Confirmed cases used were reported through the laboratory, unless indicated by the country that confirmed cases should be used from the outpatient register owing to incomplete or inaccurate laboratory data. Confirmed cases were corrected for double counting of microscopy and RDT where the exact number of double counted cases was known. Confirmed cases include indigenous, imported, introduced, relapsing and recrudescent cases, as well as all species, including non-human malaria P. knowlesi.
