Meanwhile, 29 new patients were admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and 39 patients discharged since Wednesday.
NEW DELHI: The dengue virus continued its spread, infecting 86 more people in the capital on Thursday and taking the total number of confirmed cases to 1,186, but health officials said they were confident the mosquito-borne disease was on the decline and would be under control in "a few days".
"The number of cases being reported in hospitals has declined in the past few days, and we hope that the problem would be under control in a few days," said D S Negi, Delhi's health secretary.
He said there had been no deaths reported for the past two days.
Meanwhile, 29 new patients were admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and 39 patients discharged since Wednesday.
"We have a total of 160 dengue patients in the hospital. No new cases have been reported from the AIIMS campus," said D K Sharma, the hospital's medical superintendent.
Across the country, the number of dengue patients now stands at 3,962, while the death toll from it is 52.
Over 1.3 million suspected cases of chikungunya, another mosquito-borne disease, have been reported in the country.
Dengue is caused by the bite of the female aedes aegypti mosquito, which breeds in clear stagnant water. It is marked by high fever, skin rashes and joint pain. A sharp drop in blood platelet counts can prove fatal.
According to senior health officials, most of the people suffering from dengue in the capital were below 25 years age.
Of the 368 dengue patients who reported at the AIIMS in the past three months, 218 were below 25 years, said Sharma.
"In the past 15 days, around 1,500 units of platelets have been given to patients. We have taken measures to ensure a regular supply of platelets. There is no shortage," said a senior health official here.
He said measures had been taken to ensure that blood from the 53 licensed blood banks in Delhi was available for patients.
Most patients coming to the AIIMS are from Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, he said.
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