The number of dengue deaths remains at 17 while the number of people affected by the vector-borne disease rose to 3,438 since this January, West Bengal Director of Health Services Biswaranjan Satpathy told PTI.
Most cases reported in the last 24 hours were from Hooghly district's Serampore and North 24-Parganas district, the medical officer said.
The state government has started an awareness drive through advertisement in dailies as well as in collaboration with the local civic bodies to combat the deadly disease.