Delhi records more than 100 Dengue cases this year
With 72 cases of dengue in August, Delhi has recorded more than 100 cases this year.
On Monday, a civic report is released according to which at least 124 cases have been detected in Delhi this year. In the duration from January 1 to September 4 this year 137 cases are detected which is the highest since 2018.
However, in August 72 cases were reported as per the report and it is 58% of the total cases reported. Dengue mosquito breed in clear, standing water, whereas malaria mosquito can thrive even in dirty water.
As per the civic report issued by the municipal corporations last week, 97 cases of dengue were recorded till August 28 this year. However, no deaths have been reported due to dengue in the city till now, the report said. The report said that 57 cases of malaria and 32 cases of chikungunya have also been reported till August 28 this year.
Meanwhile, Firozabad in Uttar Pradesh has also reported an outbreak of dengue and viral fever claiming over 50 lives. Firozabad district has recorded 51 deaths, mostly of children, and hundreds of hospitalisations in over a fortnight and the viral fever has now spread to neighbouring Mathura and Mainpuri districts.
A central team was sent to Firozabad in Uttar Pradesh to investigate the cause of a fever outbreak and deaths among children. It has observed that the majority of cases are of dengue and a few are of scrub typhus and leptospirosis.
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan sent a letter to the Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary recommending the screening of all fever patients for dengue, malaria, scrub typhus, and leptospirosis.
