The national Capital has witnessed a spurt in dengue cases with 707 fresh cases recorded in the city only last week, taking the total number to alarming 3,401. However, the cases are less than that of the last year, suggested the data released by South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) on Monday.
Out of these cases, 290 patients diagnosed belong to Delhi and remaining 327 cases traced belong to other states. Last year, the total number of cases were recorded in the capital was approximately 5,000. As per report, all the three municipal corporations have reported breeding of mosquitoes from nearly 215995 households in the national Capital this year, according to the civic bodies, which are grappling with rising number of cases of the vector-borne diseases.
The civic bodies have also issued notices to 1,73462 various people and establishments after mosquitogenic conditions were found in their houses or premises. At least 2,4696 prosecutions have also been launched after breeding were found, the report said.
Around 5,754 houses found positive for breeding of mosquitoes and 3,950 legal notices were also sent last week, suggested the report.
The report also stated that prosecution was launched in 592 cases this week. Apart from that, 25 fresh cases of malaria and 31 fresh cases of chikungunya were recorded in the Capital last week. 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.