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Dengue claims two more lives, toll now 22

AGE CORRESPONDENT
Published : Sep 29, 2016, 1:37 am IST
Updated : Sep 29, 2016, 1:37 am IST

Two more deaths due to dengue, including that of young boy, have been reported in national capital, which took to 22 the number of deaths due to the vector-borne disease.

Two more deaths due to dengue, including that of young boy, have been reported in national capital, which took to 22 the number of deaths due to the vector-borne disease. The total number of dengue cases in Delhi has gone up to 1,692 with 921 of them being reported this month, according to a municipal report.

Both the deaths occurred recently — one at Safdarjung Hospital and the other at Lok Nayak Jaiprakash (LNJP) Hospital. “A young boy from Delhi died due to dengue at our hospital on Friday,” said a senior doctor at the Safdarjung Hospital.

Sources at LNJP have also confirmed the death at the hospital. “A person recently died of dengue at the hospital,” he said. This is the third dengue death at LNJP Hospital, the biggest hospital under the Delhi government.

The first dengue victim this season was a 17-year-old girl from Jafrabad in northeast Delhi who had died on July 21 at this hospital. Another person had died over a month later. Safdarjung Hospital has reported three dengue fatalities this season.

As per the latest report released on Monday by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), about 314 cases of the vector-borne disease haven been reported between September 18 and 24.

Out of the 21 deaths, nine at AIIMS and rest at other city hospitals, the civic authority has only acknowledged four of them. AIIMS in a report released on September 15 had said among the dengue and chikungunya patients visiting the hospital, 70 per cent belonged to Uttar Pradesh, 10 per cent to Bihar and rest to Delhi.

Out of the total cases, August alone accounted for 652. The number of houses where mosquito-breeding have been found till September 24 are 51,598 (NDMC areas), 71,227 (SDMC) and 18,681 (EDMC). The number of prosecutions launched in these areas are 4,277, 6955 and 1937, respectively.

Last year, the city saw a staggering 15,867 dengue cases — the worst in 20 years — with the disease claiming 60 lives, as per municipal reports.

In 1996, a severe outbreak of dengue had occurred in Delhi when about 10,252 cases and 423 deaths were reported.

Location: India, Delhi, New Delhi