The number of dengue infected people in Uttarakhand this season crossed the thousand figure mark on Thursday.
The assistant director vector diseases, Dr Pankaj Kumar Singh said that the state has 1002 patients who have been found positive for dengue after confirmation of Enzyme linked Immunosorbent Assay (ElISA) test till Thursday. He informed that apart from Dehradun the other districts where dengue patients are reported are Haridwar (59), Nainital (55) and Pauri (4).
In Dehradun which is reeling under one of a biggest assault of Dengue in recent years the number of patients of the disease jumped to 884 on the day with the district health department reporting 17 new cases. The new cases were reported from Ajabpur, Deeplok colony, GV Presidency, Chukkhuwala, Aam Bagh colony, Guru Nanak Enclave, Race course, Garhi cant, Ambedkar colony, Kandoli, GMS road and Nehru colony. The posh Nehru Colony has emerged a new hot spot of the disease with two more cases of the disease on Thursday. Four cases of dengue were reported by the health department from this colony on Wednesday.
The district vector borne diseases officer, J P Bahuguna said that samples of 91 suspected patients were tested for ElISA on the day and 17 patients were found positive for the disease. The department has so far done ElISA test on 19388 suspected cases of dengue in the district. He claimed that the department is concentrating of source reduction and sensitizing people on dengue.