The dengue menace has assumed alarming proportions in the State as it has now spread to 27 of the State’s 30 districts, the latest being Kandhamal. Reports from Kandhamal said a patient was found dengue-positive at the District Headquarters Hospital at Phulbani on Saturday.
Health Department sources said that out of 256 sample blood tests carried out across the Government hospitals in the State on Saturday, 53 patients were detected as dengue-positive.
With this, the total number of dengue patients in the State has gone up to 2,370. The sources said that going by the daily average, around 50 persons are contracting dengue every day.
The Government has so far confirmed seven dengue deaths. Reports from the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack said that out of a total of 134 patients admitted to the dengue ward, seven have been admitted to the ICU. The condition of one of them is stated to be critical.