42 Cases Of Dengue Reported In Delhi Till March 5: Civic Body

Three Cases were reported in the previous week!

The National capital is always in focus when it comes to cases related to health and illness. Also, dengue cases are a common problem in the National capital. Delhi witnessed a surge in its dengue cases. 

According to the civic report on vector-borne diseases, a total of 42 dengue cases have been recorded this year till March 5. For the January 1-March 5 period, five cases were reported here last year, six cases in 2020, two in 2019, nine cases were registered in 2018, and eight in 2017.

Cases of vector-borne diseases are generally reported between July and November, but the period may spread till mid-December. The main reason behind this case is the unhygienic environment and cleanliness among the nearby areas including in and out of the houses and neighborhood areas. 

According to the report, Last year, 9,613 dengue cases, the highest number of cases of vector-borne disease recorded in the national capital in a year since 2015, and 23 deaths were reported. In the years before 2021, the total number of dengue cases reported were — 4,431 (2016), 4,726 (2017), 2,798 (2018), 2,036 (2019), and 1,072 (2020), the report said. In 2015, the city had witnessed a massive outbreak of dengue when the number of dengue cases reported crossed 10,600 in October itself, making it the worst outbreak of the vector-borne disease in the national capital since 1996.