One more person died of dengue at the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack on Saturday morning, raising the season’s death toll to two in the State.
The deceased was identified as Harihar Mallik of Basudevpur in Bhadrak district.
According to reports, Harihar was admitted in the SCBMCH with dengue symptoms on August 8 where his blood sample tested positive.
Earlier on Wednesday, the first dengue death had been registered at the SCBMCH too. A resident of Chhapra district in Bihar, Som Prakash Mishra, had died of the vector-borne disease while under treatment in the medical’s Central ICU.
The number of dengue patients is reportedly increasing by the day. The SCBMCH authorities said a special ward has been set up and two beds are available at the central ICU for dengue patients. Besides, dengue test is being conducted at the hospital free of cost.
Similarly, the swine flu also claimed another life at the SCBMCH on the day, taking the death toll to nine. The deceased was identified as a resident of the Salepur area in Cuttack district. He had been admitted to the hospital on Wednesday.
Reports said the swine flu has also spread its wing in Koraput district too. A two-year-old girl and a 40-year-old woman were tested positive for swine flu virus H1N1.