The total number of cases of malaria and chikungunya, however, reported by October 20, are 26 and 12 respectively.
Dengue cases crossed the 1,000-mark in Delhi this season, with nearly 540 people being diagnosed with the vector-borne disease in October only, according to a municipal report released on Monday.
The New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) hospital Hindurao Hospital confirmed another dengue death on Monday. The death of the 13-year-old girl from Wazirabad area, who succumbed to dengue on September 18 at the hospital, was confirmed by Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Monday.
Harshita Kumari did not have a long history of suffering from the disease, only just five days since she got infected. She died of dengue hemorrhagic fever, (DHF), which progressed to Dengue Shock Syndrome. The syndrome led to a drop in the blood pressure and fluid collection in the chest and abdomen which then affected other organs and became a cause for organ failure. DHF also causes internal bleeding in some cases, shared an MCD official.
At least 190 fresh cases of dengue were reported by the various MCDs in the Delhi/NCR region last week, thus taking the total count of people affected by the disease to 539 in the month of October, higher than last month, which was 374. The total number of cases of malaria and chikungunya, however, reported by October 20, are 26 and 12 respectively.
Overall all the cases for the three diseases have gone down as compared to 2017 where dengue and malaria were 2884 and 533, respectively by this time last year whereas Chikungunya was 426 last year and 109 this year.
Doctors and authorities fear that the cases might arise in the coming days. While dengue and malaria are showing a significant rise, chikungunya cases have dropped over the weeks.
"There is definitely rise in the malaria and dengue cases as compared to last month but the situation is definitely better than last year," says Doctor SP Byotra, Head of Medicine, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. "It is strongly suggested to keep the surroundings dry and free from mosquito breeding zones, we do not need another epidemic," he adds.
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Doctors and authorities fear that the cases might arise in the coming days. While dengue and malaria are showing a significant rise, chikungunya cases have dropped over the weeks.
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