Over 7,400 people have been afflicted with chikungunya in the national Capital even as dengue cases continued to plateau in the city with a little over 3,000 persons having contracted the virus this season.
According to a municipal report released on Monday, out of the total 7,425 chikungunya cases recorded till October 15, nearly 660 of them have been reported in areas falling under the North Delhi Municipal Corporation.
Over 6,700 cases were reported in the city till October 8, according to South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) which tabulates the data for vector-borne disease cases in the national Capital on behalf of all the civic bodies here. Among the three corporations, 658 chikungunya cases have been reported in areas under North MCD, 588 under SDMC and 291 under East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) this season.
Several thousand cases have also been reported from areas falling outside the jurisdiction of the three Municipal Corporations.
At least 15 fatalities have been reported at various hospitals in the city due to complications triggered by the disease, though the civic bodies have kept the death tally at zero.