Despite the State Government's claim to be taking measures to combat the dengue menace, with 113 more people testing dengue positive on Saturday and taking the number of the total patients to 2,365. Cuttack district recorded the highest number of 942 dengue cases followed by Khurda with 435 and Angul 315.
As per official reports, while 16 people from Angul district tested dengue positive on Saturday, one from Baleswar, 23 from Cuttack, three each from Dhenknal, Ganjam, Keonjhar and Kendrapada, 24 from Jajpur, 30 from Khurda, five from Nayagarh and two from Puri tested dengue positive. Boudh, Nuapada and Rayagada districts recorded one dengue case each.
However, the Health and Family Welfare Department clarified that except one death on August 11, no more other causalities were reported due to dengue. So far, blood samples of 8,747 persons were tested, out of which 2,365 cases tested dengue positive.