Showing a mirror to the eloquent claims of controlling the spread of dengue by the health department, the number of dengue affected people in the State capital took a jump of 27 on Thursday. With these new patients, the number of dengue cases in Dehradun district has risen to 1,097.
To add to the worry of the beleaguered health department 18 cases of the disease were reported from Rishikesh town on the day.
The district vector borne diseases officer, JP Bahuguna said that in new cases of disease were reported from Jogiwala, Kargi, Dehrakhas, Gandhigram, Adhoiwala, Karanpur and Race course areas of Dehradun city.
On the sudden spurt in number of dengue cases in Rishikesh town Bahuguna said that samples collected from past few days from the town were tested for Enzyme linked Immunosorbent Assay (ElISA) on Thursday. He said 182 samples were tested for ElISA on the day out of which 27 samples was found positive for the disease.
Meanwhile, propelled by increasing dengue cases in Dehradun and Haridwar district, the number of people affected by the disease reached to 1574 on Thursday. In Haridwar a total of 365 people are reported to be under the spell of dengue.