The civic body has said there were one confirmed and three suspected dengue deaths this season though private hospitals are giving a much higher figures.
The national capital today recorded the highest single-day incidence of dengue this season with 43 more patients testing positive for the disease, taking the total number of cases to 496.
According to statistics released by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, the number of cases till this time in 2009 was only three. The figure was 60 and 15 in the same periods in 2008 and 2007 respectively.
The civic body has said there were one confirmed and three suspected dengue deaths this season though private hospitals are giving a much higher figures.
According to the MCD, there were 43 new cases since yesterday of which eight cases have been reported from MCD South Zone, followed by six each in Central Zone, Shahdara (north) and Civil Lines Zone.
Among the total 496 cases so far, 392 have been reported from MCD areas, 73 from NDMC areas and the rest were from other parts of the city and outstation cases. MCD South Zone reported the highest of 102 cases closely followed by Central Zone with 90.
Authorities are more worried about the spread of dengue as the city will host the Commonwealth Games in October, a month which generally sees high prevalence of the disease.
The civic body said it was trying its best to control the spread of the vector-borne disease and has challenged a large number of individuals and organisations over breeding of mosquitoes on their premises. It said notices were sent to 45,532 people and 6,125 of them were fined.
According to the MCD, in the previous years, the number of dengue cases and deaths were 1,153 and 3 (2009), 1,312 and 2(2008), 548 and 1 (2007) and 3,366 and 36 (2006).
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