With ten more cases of dengue reported on Saturday, the number of dengue affected patients this season in the provisional State Capital has climbed to 48.
On the day, the district health department found eight news cases of the disease from the dengue infested Raipur area while one case each was reported from Ajabpur and Karanpur.
The district vector-borne diseases officer, Subhash Joshi said that 44 out of 48 cases reported so far are residents of Dehradun while four patients who have tested positive for disease in Dehradun are residents of other districts. He said that the teams of health department are working in the affected areas to help people.