After devastating floods ravaged Bihar, state capital Patna and other regions are in the clutches of dengue epidemic. About 900 cases have been registered across the state out of which Patna alone has accounted for 640 cases. Saturday (October 5) saw 120 fresh cases of dengue. In addition to dengue, cases of Chikungunya have also been registered.
Looking at the situation, the civic body held an emergency meeting on Sunday and issued guidelines to the city-based government as well as private hospitals, she said.
The victims who have tested positive on Thursday include six females, one of them an 82-year-old woman.
Islamabad and Rawalpindi have been badly hit by the disease, while 43 cases were notified in Punjab from other provinces.
An official of the state's Directorate of Health Services on the condition of anonymity, said: "The lower areas of the state were more affected and the condition is grim across the state. The number of the affected people may be in thousands.
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday announced a special campaign to combat dengue that will involve wide participation of people in preventing the spread of vector-borne diseases. Kejriwal said he himself along with his ministers and government officials will help check mosquito-breeding.
Dengue is a contagious disease as it can easily spread from one person to another. The disease is mainly caused by 1 of the 4 closely related dengue viruses. The fever is transmitted when Aedes mosquito infected with dengue virus bites a person.
The number of confirmed cases recorded was more than five times higher than any other year in the South Asian country that had been struggling to contain the surge of dengue patients.
The Delhi government has released Rs 109 crore to all three municipal corporations here for dealing with vector borne diseases, such as dengue and chikungunya, in the ongoing monsoon season.
The boy was presented with no pulse and no blood pressure.
In 2015, Delhi saw its worst dengue outbreak with more than 11,800 cases and 60 deaths, according to the civic bodies.
People have been advised to take precautions like wearing full-sleeves and to not allow the breeding of mosquito larvae inside their homes.
As many as 50 residential doctors of Indira Gandhi Medical College were also reported to be suffering from dengue, which has startled many.
Of the 1,020 dengue cases this year, 374 were recorded in September, 58 in August, 19 in July, eight in June, 10 in May, two in April, one in March, three in February and six in January.
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According to a Union Health Ministry official, 25 pregnant women are said to be affected out of the total number of patients.
According to a municipal report released on Monday, 385 cases of malaria and 97 of chikungunya have also been reported this season till October 13.
Dengue cases have spiralled in the city over the past two weeks, with at least 650 people being diagnosed with the vector-borne disease this season, according to a municipal report released Monday.
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