At least three cases of dengue were reported last week in the national Capital, taking the total number of patients suffering from the disease to 27 till March 30.
Out of these cases, 17 cases diagnosed belong from other states, according to a data released by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) on Monday.
Importantly, the cases of are being reported in starting of the year while usually the vector-borne disease is reported between July and November. With spurt in number of cases, civic bodies have stepped up awareness campaign and its Dengue Breeding Checkers (DBCs) keep advising people to take precautionary measures by visiting door to door. He said the civic body has already adopted a number of measures to prevent breeding, including creating awareness by using various media, deploying more dengue breeding checkers, and desilting of drains.
A senior corporation official said that the regarding zonal officials have been directed take precautionary measures and to ensure there was no breeding of mosquito larvae inside the houses.
According to weekly report released by the SDMC, DBCs workers found mosquito breeding in 1,676 households in the city till March 30. It said that 2,740 legal notices have been served for various violations and 113 prosecutions initiated. The report further stated that among the areas falling under the three municipal corporations, the cases of breeding reported were from areas of north, south and east corporations are 104, 1,471 and 101 respectively.
According to the SDMC, 10 people had died due to dengue in Delhi in 2017, of which five were not residents of the national capital. Overall, the vector-borne disease had affected 9,271 people in the city last year.