Dengue Cases Tally Crosses 2000-Mark In Delhi

1200 Cases In October…

The cases of the vicious dengue virus have been spreading rapidly across the country. The cases of the virus count have been steadily rising, the national capital reports around 1,200 cases of dengue in October. 

The overall tally crosses the 2000 mark in Delhi. according to a civic report issued on Monday. The 1,238 cases, recorded till October 26, is more than half of the total number of cases of dengue logged this year.

The city has also recorded 200 cases of malaria and 40 cases of chikungunya this year, the report said.

The dengue infection tally had stood at 1,876 till October 19.

Nearly 300 new cases were logged in the week that followed, taking the total number of cases of dengue reported this year in Delhi to 2,175 till October 26, according to the report released by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).

Out of the total reported cases, 693 were reported in September.

In 2015, the city had witnessed a massive dengue outbreak, with the number of cases crossing 10,600 in October. It was Delhi's worst dengue outbreak since 1996.

According to officials of the MCD's health department, symptoms of vector-borne diseases include high fever, headache, rash and muscle and joint pain, which are quite similar to that of COVID-19 which also include fever or chills, muscle or body aches, fatigue and headache among others.

The official data showed that 4,431 dengue cases were recorded in Delhi in 2016, 4,726 in 2017, 2,798 in 2018, 2,036 in 2019 and 1,072 in 2020.