The number represents an increase of 39 percent compared to 2024, when 358 deaths from malaria were recorded.
Most people infected with the malaria parasite fully recover. Although the annual death toll from malaria is a few hundred, the number of cases of the disease is measured in the millions.
Thus, the number of known cases of malaria increased by 11 percent last year, when 12.8 million cases were recorded, compared to 11.6 million in 2024.
According to Inês António, president of the National Malaria Control Program of the Ministry of Health, cited by the independent daily “O Pais”, of the total of 12.8 million cases registered in 2025, 4.8 million were in children under five years of age.
“We currently have guidance for the general population that there is correct diagnosis and treatment for malaria. There is no need for deaths from malaria. We want the population to receive and complement the guidance so that the number of these cases is reduced”, he stated.
According to health authorities, at least 49 people died from malaria in the first six weeks of this year, for a total of 1,357,891 known cases.
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