As many as 1,186 patients have tested positive for dengue and three of them have died so far in the State, informed Health and Family Welfare Minister Pratap Jena here on Monday.
Five medical camps have been set up in Kalahandi district, which has registers the highest number of dengue patients in the State, he informed.
Efforts are on to create awareness among people in the district to check further spread of the mosquito-borne disease, said Jena.
He said dengue wards would be opened in the 30 District Headquarters Hospitals for free treatment of the patients.
Notably, out of 218 blood samples examined in the laboratory, 44 patients tested positive for dengue in Kalahandi district so far.
The number of dengue cases is expected to rise further in the tribal district.