The number of malaria cases in Panama has been growing in recent years. In 2022, the Central American country reported 7,173 malaria cases, nearly twice the figure registered a year prior and reaching the highest number of malaria infections since the beginning of the decade. As of 2021, in the neighboring country of Costa Rica, a total of 189 indigenous cases of the disease were reported.
Number of malaria cases in Panama from 2010 to 2022
* Confirmed cases are corrected for double counting of microscopy and RDTs. Confirmed cases reported through outpatients are used instead of laboratory confirmed cases.
** Confirmed cases are corrected for double counting of microscopy and RDTs.
*** Unresolved data quality issues between total confirmed and total classified cases.
**** The country reported double counting of RDTs and microscopy but did not indicate the number of cases double counted. Confirmed cases have not been corrected. Unresolved data quality issues between total confirmed and total classified cases.
***** Confirmed cases reported through outpatients are used instead of laboratory confirmed cases.
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WHO. (November 30, 2023). Number of malaria cases in Panama from 2010 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/998434/number-reported-malaria-cases-panama/
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