The number of dengue affected people in the State capital surged to 764 this season with 10 new cases of the disease reported on Thursday. The district vector-borne diseases officer, J P Bahuguna said that 42 samples were found suspected for the diseases on Wednesday after they proved positive in the rapid test. He said that the samples of these suspected patients were tested for Enzyme linked Immuno Sorbent Assay (ElISA) on Thursday in which 10 cases were found positive. He accepted that the chances of spread of the disease are less in the winters but the repeated occurrences of the cases nowadays are surprising. The experts are of the opinion that the virus of the dengue do not survives when the temperature goes below 15 degrees.
The health department informs that 11 patients of the dengue are undergoing treatment in Doon Hospital.