Though the district health department claims to be in proactive mode on dengue, the number of people affected by the disease is continuing to rise.
On Friday, 13 new cases of the disease were found positive after the Enzyme linked Immunosorbent Assay (ElISA) test; with this the number of dengue affected people in Dehradun district has mounted to 158.
Expressing concern over rising incidences of the disease in Dehradun, the District Magistrate (DM) Ravinath Raman has asked the health department and Municipal Corporation to continue to be in state of high alert.
The district Vector Borne diseases officer, JP Bahuguna said that the patients found positive on Friday belong to Patharibagh, THDC colony and Railway colony areas.
He said that 13 positive cases were found after checking samples of 100 suspected patients. Bahuguna further informed that samples of 68 patients were collected for ElISA test from the Patharibagh anti dengue camp on the day. He said that a total of 771 samples of the suspected patients have been taken from dengue infested Patharibagh area from July 15 till date.
In Doon hospital four patients of the disease are undergoing treatment. The department claims to conduct door to door surveys in the affected areas. The teams of the health department and the municipal corporation are carrying out fogging activities in dengue affected areas.
The department has also started an awareness campaign for the disease in which announcements about the anti dengue measures to be adopted are being made from the loudspeakers mounted on top of vehicles.