With three more deaths reported on Wednesday due to dengue, including a 7-year-old boy, the death toll has increased to at least 17. A 41-year-old woman from South Delhi and a teenage boy became the latest victims of the vector-borne disease.
Even as the embattled Delhi Government and the BJP-ruled civic bodies continued to grapple with the dengue menace, Monika Bahl, a resident of lajpat Nagar died on Tuesday at the Moolchand Hospital due to dengue shock syndrome leading to multi-organ failure.
A doctor at Moolchand Hospital said that the patient had come with complaints of fever and vomiting and was admitted to the hospital almost a week ago. She was shifted to the ICU three days later after there were complications.
“She had tested positive for dengue and passed away yesterday morning apparently due to dengue shock syndrome which had led to multi-organ failure,” the doctor said.
Meanwhile, a seven-year-old boy succumbed to dengue at the Bl Kapur Hospital on Wednesday.
“The patient was brought in a critical condition to the hospital who died on Wednesday of dengue,” an official of the hospital said.
A 14-year-old boy also became the victim of the deadly disease, succumbing at the Maharaja Agrasen Hospital. According to sources, the patient was admitted two days ago and died on Tuesday.
The death toll as per the official MCD data still stands at 5, while 17 deaths have been reported from hospitals across the city. As per the municipal corporation’s data, at least 613 cases of dengue have been reported in the last one week and a total 1,872 patients tested positive for the vector-borne disease till September 12.