One more patient suffering from Dengue has died in Dehradun taking the death toll from the disease to two in the district. The victim is a 70 year old, resident of Park road area of the city. It is learnt that he was admitted in Max hospital and had succumbed to the disease some days ago. Confirming the death, the district vector borne diseases officer, J P Bahuguna said that the ElISA report of this patient was found positive on Tuesday. The department had reported first death from the disease on August 15; the victim belonged to Dharbhanga colony in lakhibagh.
The number of Dengue cases in Dehradun got an increment on Tuesday when 30 new patients of the disease were reported positive for the disease. The number of dengue cases in the city this season has mounted to 963.
In Brahampuri area of the city 20 new cases of the disease were reported. Three cases each were reported from lohianagar, Brahmanwala and Chamannagar. The health department also reported one case from Mohabbewala.
The district vector borne diseases officer, J P Bahuguna said 364 samples of suspected patients of the disease were tested for Enzyme linked Immunosorbent Assay (ElISA) on Tuesday. He said that department is concentrating on source reduction of the disease.
Meanwhile irrespective of tall claims of state health department on controlling the menace of dengue, more and more cases of the disease are pouring in from the Haridwar district. The number of dengue affected patients climbed to 1226 in state on Tuesday as 77 and 30 new patients of disease were found in Haridwar and Dehradun respectively.
The Assistant director communicable diseases, Dr Pankaj Kumar Singh said that 34 patients of the disease are admitted in the isolation ward of Associated hospital of Doon medical college and out of these condition of one patient is critical.