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ShareNew Delhi: With 32 fresh cases of dengue, the total number of patients suffering from the vector-borne disease in the national capital climbed to 844 today, even as the civic authorities feared its spread could not be contained unless the mercury goes down.
The city has reported nearly 250 cases of dengue in the last seven days.
"With 32 fresh positive cases of dengue, the total has reached 844. There are 13 cases in which the infection has been contracted from outside Delhi," Municipal health officer, MCD, NK Yadav, told PTI.
Yadav said unless the temperature dips in the city, the spread of the disease will be hard to contain. "The mercury went down after rains last week. But it has gone up once again. When winter fully sets in, it will be much helpful," the civic official said.
According to MCD, the city has reported two dengue deaths so far. On October 23, a 15-year-old boy succumbed to the disease at AIIMS while a nine-year-old boy breathed his last at the LNJP hospital on October 26.
Last year, 1,070 dengue cases and two deaths were reported in the city.
