New cases of dengue, chikungunya push total to 771, 560; 4 deaths

With 284 new cases of dengue and 128 new cases chikungunya cases and two more deaths this week, the national Capital has witnessed the threat yet again this year. A report released by all the three Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCDs) has said that a total of 771 cases of dengue, 560 cases of chikunguya and a total of four deaths have been recorded till September 3.

25-year-old Iram Khan, a native of Meerut, who lived in Jamia Nagar in South Delhi, succumbed to dengue on August 31 at the Apollo Hospital. South Delhi Municipal Corporation which compiles the report on vector-borne diseases on behalf of all the civic bodies here, also acknowledged the death due to dengue of Nazish Khan, who had died on August 12.

Nazish (38), sister-in-law of Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan, died of dengue shock syndrome at Apollo Hospital. 12-year-old Muskan, a resident of Shaheen Bagh, had died on July 29, while Deepak (19), from Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh, succumbed to the disease on July 27, both at Safdarjung Hospital.

Besides, five other fatalities have been reported by different hospitals in the city, which have not been acknowledged yet by the SDMC. 

Two-and-a-half-year-old girl Usra had succumbed to dengue at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital on September 1, while three-year-old girl Noma died at Apollo Hospital on August 28. 18-year-old youth Asad Iqbal, a native of Bihar, had succumbed to the deadly disease on August 28 at Apollo Hospital. Safdarjung Hospital had recently reported another dengue death that took place late July.

This year, dengue cases have been reported rather early. The vector-borne disease had claimed its first victim on July 21, when a girl from Jafrabad in North-east Delhi died at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash hospital. As many as 487 cases of the vector-borne disease were reported till August 27, while 284 cases came to light in the last week alone.

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 2015, only six cases were reported in June, while 36 were registered in July. In 1996, a severe outbreak of dengue had occurred in Delhi when about 10,252 cases and 423 deaths were reported.

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<span style="font-size:17.0pt;color:white">DATA SHEET

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Dengue cases

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 771

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</td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:14;height:3.0pt"> <td valign="top" style="width:66.1pt;border:solid black 1.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid black .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid black .5pt; background:#991B1E;mso-shading:windowtext;mso-pattern:solid #991B1E; padding:3.55pt 3.55pt 3.55pt 3.55pt;height:3.0pt"> <p style="margin-bottom:1.4pt;tab-stops:93.0pt">Others:

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Total:

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