Around 591 fresh cases of dengue were recorded in the national Capital last week, revealed the weekly report released by South Delhi Municipal Corporation on Monday. Of the fresh cases, 260 were recorded in Delhi while 254 cases were acquired from the other states. In 77 cases, the address of the patients was not revealed by the hospital. With this, the total number of dengue cases in the city has gone up to 6,214 including one death in Wazirabad area of North Delhi.
Out of the total cases, 2406 were recorded in Delhi and 3131 were acquired from the other states while the hospitals did not reveal the address of patients in 677 cases.
Apart from that, around 32 cases of malaria and nine cases of chikungunya were also recorded in Delhi last week.
According to the report, around 26,77,380 houses have been sprayed in the Capital this year. Around 2,29,933 houses were found positive for mosquito breeding. Legal notices were sent to 1,83,641 places out of which, 25,873 prosecutions have been launched this year.
Amidst this, doctors have advised people to take precautions to ensure there was no breeding of mosquitoes inside their homes and also urged people to wear full-sleeves and use mosquito nets.
Water coolers should be dried up when not in use as dengue infection carrying mosquitoes breed there a lot, a doctor said. Cases of vector-borne diseases are usually reported between July and November, but the period may stretch to mid-December. No vector-borne disease case was reported till January 13.
The report said domestic breeding checkers found mosquito breeding in 2,29,933 households in the city till November 24 and 1,83,641 legal notices have been served for various violations and “25,873 prosecutions initiated”.
As a pro-active measure, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal had a few months ago directed local bodies and other agencies to intensify vector-control measures.
He had also asked for regular meetings at the level of district magistrates with all stakeholders to review the situation in their respective districts.
According to the SDMC, 10 people died due to dengue in Delhi last year, of whom five were not residents of the national Capital.
