Comments
Dengue continued to spread fast in the capital with 39 more people testing positive for the mosquito-borne disease here on Saturday, taking the total number of cases this season to 1,135.
While 38 cases were reported from three municipal corporations, one was reported from the VVIP area.
Two children have so far succumbed to dengue ever since the disease began spreading in the capital early this month.
South Delhi Municipal Corporation reported the maximum number of 426 cases, while 371 cases were detected from the North Delhi Municipal Corporation area and 287 cases were reported from East Delhi Municipal Corporation.
Other cases were reported from NDMC and Delhi cantonment areas.
Out of the 1,135 cases, nine cases have been reported from outside Delhi.
Last year, the capital saw 572 cases of dengue, including eight originating from outside, and four deaths while the year before reported 5,032 cases, including 26 from outside, and eight deaths.
In 2009, there were 193 dengue cases and one death while in 2008, there were 1,008 dengue cases and two deaths.
Comments
COMMENT NOW
Comments
Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.
We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of TheHindu Businessline and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.