Although there has been a spurt in dengue cases in the Capital recently, this year has as a whole clocked the least number of cases till October as compared to the last four years.
According to the latest data released by the DMC, this year has recorded only 120 cases as against 2,916 cases till this time last year.last week, the mosquito-borne disease took the life of an eight-year old Kashmiri boy at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. However, it was stated that the death occurred as the patient was already suffering from leukemia. It is claimed that dengue this year has been less severe than previous years, especially since 2010.
A total of 120 cases have been recorded in the Capital so far this year with one death, which is almost 96 per cent fewer than those reported in 2013. However, 2012 had recorded only 169 cases till this time of the year. As per the data, 2010 and 2013 were the worst. In 2010, a total of 3782 cases were recorded till October, this being nearly 32 times of the current year’s cases recorded.
Till last month a total of 98 cases had been reported in Delhi. However, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation is the worst hit this year with 48 cases reported from the area. The East DMC had the least cases which were 19. Nearly 93,210 houses were found with positive breeding in the south region.