The number of dengue affected patients in State capital reached just short of 1,000 figure mark on Friday with district health department reporting 17 new cases of the disease on the day. The number of dengue patients in Dehradun district was reported at 997 by the department.
On Friday the patients of the disease were reported from Brahmanwala, Dharampur, Seemadwar, Ajabpur, Muslim Colony, lohianagar,. Deepnagar, Mohebewala, Indra Colony, Banjarawala, Naya Gaon, lakhi Bagh and Adhoiwala localities of
the city.
The district vector borne diseases officer JP Bahuguna said that 182 samples of the suspected patients were tested for Enzyme linked Immunosorbent Assay (ElISA) test on Friday after which 17 patients were found positive for the disease. He said that the department is undertaking extensive fogging in different parts of State capital. The stress of health department teams is increase awareness about the ways to combat the disease. Bahuguna added that the department is also concentrating on source reduction of the disease by undertaking spraying of insecticide in affected areas.
Meanwhile the number of dengue patients surged to 1310 on Friday. The unit of communicable diseases of state health department informed that Haridwar district has 203 patients of dengue while 70 cases have been reported from Nainital district so far. The department has also reported eight cases of disease from Pauri district.