With incessant rain and constant water-logging in the national Capital, the number of dengue cases has registered a sharp rise and has reached to 267 with 85 fresh cases reported in the last week. Out of 85 cases of dengue, 52 patients were diagnosed belong to neighbouring States.
According to the weekly report released by the municipal corporations, 324 cases of malaria have also been reported while 47 new cases reported in a week till September 1. The figure for Chikungunya stands at 94.
All the three municipal corporations have reported breeding of mosquitoes from nearly 1,27,706 households in the national Capital this year till September 1, according to the civic bodies, which are grappling with rising number of cases of the vector-borne diseases.
The report further stated that among the areas falling under the three municipal corporations, the cases of breeding reported were from areas of north, south and east corporations are 35749, 57393and 34564 respectively.
The civic bodies have also issued notices to 1,14,251 various people and establishments after mosquitogenic conditions were found in their houses or premises. At least 15,361 prosecutions have also been launched after breeding were found, the report said.
The total number of the people affected by dengue was 9,271in 2017 and the numbers of malaria and chikungunya cases recorded in 2017 stood at 1,142 and 940 respectively. Of the 9,271 dengue cases, 4,726 patients were from Delhi, while 4,545 had come to the city from other states for treatment.
However, officials of the three corporations said that measures to prevent mosquito breeding, including creating awareness by using various media, deploying more dengue breeding checkers and desilting of drains were taken as preemptive measures during the beginning of the season.
Officials also said that 'Dengue Breeding Checkers' (DBC) keep visiting houses and premises of the offices to check breeding. Further, spraying insecticides and fogging are also being done at regular interval to check it, he said.