Dengue cases in State capital have shot up to 700 on Tuesday.
The district Health Department found 15 more patients of dengue after their samples were proved positive after the Enzyme linked Immunosorbent Assay (ElISA) test.
With these cases the number of dengue positive cases in the district rose to 509 on Tuesday. Seven cases of the disease on the day were found from the Brahampuri area and four patients were found from lohitnagar.
Similarly two cases each were reported from Brahmanwala and Chamanpuri areas.
The district vector borne diseases officer Jagdish Bahuguna said that samples of 114 suspected cases of the disease were tested for ElISA test out of which 15 were found positive. He said that the department is yet to receive the report of the samples sent to determine the serotype of the virus.
The serotype is determined after the study of the genetic makeup of the virus and is useful in finding out the lethality of the virus. The department has sent five samples of dengue affected person to the PGI Chandigarh.