Dengue has claimed yet another life in the Capital. A 41-year-old man from Rohini has become the latest victim of dengue here, with the number of cases crossing the 4,000 mark. According to a report released by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Monday, Neeraj Singh from Paschim Vihar in the Rohini zone died on September 21. Maximum number of cases - 796 -- has been reported from this zone.
With this, the death toll now stands at six while six others have been put under the suspected-dengue-death category by the civic bodies.
As many as 4,034 cases have been reported till Monday with North Delhi itself registering over 1,700 cases, the report said.
“We are doing everything possible to prevent the disease from spreading; and fumigation and anti-larval routines are being carried out along with regular checking in households,” said a civic official. South Delhi Municipal Commissioner Manish Gupta said, “We have also been doing ‘dengue homework programme’ at our schools where kids are asked to collect information about the disease and in the process they sensitise not just themselves, but also their families.”
An official of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation said, “If conditions remain conducive for larval growth, cases will further climb in November.”
Stats so far
The national Capital had witnessed a large number of dengue cases in 2010, with over 6,000 cases being reported during the Commonwealth Games.
In 2008, over 1,300 cases were registered, 1,153 in 2009, over 1,100 cases in 2011 and 2,093 last year. While figures of various Corporations stand as: North (1,770) South (1,210) and East (939), 85 cases were reported from regions in Delhi, outside the jurisdiction of MCD and 30 cases in other category.
A total of 40 cases have been reported from other States. While cases in
Rohini zone shows no decline, North and South zones saw over 400
cases. Najafgarh posted
330 cases, Civil lines 325, Narela 294 and Karol
Bagh 293.