With seven fresh cases of dengue reported in a week in the national Capital, the total number of people infected with the vector-borne disease has reached 117 this year.
According to reports released by all three municipal corporations, two cases of malaria were also reported in the city till May 2, taking the total tally to 23 this year. However, two cases reported in Delhi were from other States.
Meanwhile, the city recorded 15 cases of chikungunya till the date this year, reports released by MCD stated.
Malaria, dengue, and chikungunya are accompanied by a high fever. Cases of vector-borne diseases are usually reported between July and November, but the period may stretch till mid-December. Last year, 9,613 dengue cases, the highest number of such cases were recorded in the Capital in a year since 2015, along with 23 deaths.
In the years prior to 2021, the total dengue cases reported were 4,431 (2016), 4,726 (2017), 2,798 (2018), 2,036 (2019) and 1,072 (2020), as per the report.
In 2015, the number of dengue cases reported had crossed 10,600 in October itself, making it the worst outbreak of the vector-borne disease in the national Capital since 1996.
The number of dengue fatalities logged in 2021 was the highest in national Capital since 2016 when officially reported death count was 10. Delhi recorded two deaths due to dengue in 2019, four in 2018, and 10 each in 2017 and 2016.