1,355 dengue cases in Delhi, 50 per cent rise in 4 days

The 'dengue season' is now peaking in the Capital with 443 new cases reported since Friday, taking the tally 1,355.
It is an increase of almost 50 per cent in the last four days, officials said today, adding that maximum cases are generally reported during September-end due to favourable conditions for breeding of mosquitoes.
The number of cases has risen to 1,355 from 912 on September 19, a report released by the MCD said today.
While the official death toll still stands at two, five persons have reportedly succumbed to the disease.
For Delhi region till today, 1,326 dengue cases have been reported, while 29 have been reported from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and other states, it said.

The capital had witnessed large number of dengue cases in the 2010 with over 6000 cases being reported. In 2008, over 1300 cases were registered, 1153 in 2009, 1131 in 2011 and 2093 cases were reported last year.

While figures for various corporations are North (663), South (351) and East (238), 48 cases were reported from regions in Delhi outside the jurisdiction of MCD and 26 cases in other category.
Most number of cases were still reported from Rohini (291) and Narela (133) in the North Zone. Najafgarh (104), Karol Bagh (106) and Civil Lines (111) too posted over 100 figures, among other places.

Reacting on the report, North Delhi and East Delhi municipal corporations Public Relations Officer Yogendra Singh Mann said, "Fumigation and anti-larval routines are being carried out. Because of many construction activities going on in North region, more cases are being reported from there.
"We are regularly conducting sensitisation programmes and health camps are also being organised in different zones. Over 6000 cases were reported in 2010 due to large number of construction activities being carried out for the Commonwealth Games," Mann told PTI.
Since, the municipal bodies follow the Elisa Test for diagnosis as per the central government guidelines, they have confirmed only two deaths while the the rest three cases are "suspected dengue death cases".

The victims who have succumbed to the vector-borne virus confirmed by MCD are Phool Singh (47), a resident of Ashok Nagar area, and Priyanka of Pratap Nagar area who died on who died on September 5 and 9 respectively, the report said.
The victims put under the suspected death cases include, Tarun Indooria (28), a contractual employee with the MCD, who was working as a Domestic Breeder Checker (DBC) and was the first death reported this year on September 1.
The other victims under the suspected category are Sunita (35) of Sujan Singh Park and Dr Raman Arora (56) from Sarita Vihar, both of whom died on September 9 at the Moolchand Hospital, the report said.

Meanwhile, cases of malaria have gone down with 22 cases reported so far compared to 28 last month, the report said.