The total number of patients suffering from malaria has reached to 459 this year with at least 40 fresh cases reported last week of October. Nearly, 91 cases of malaria have been recorded this month till October 12 while September saw 214 cases.
According to the report as many as 56 malaria cases were recorded in August, 54 in July, 35 in June, eight in May and one in April, it said. Malaria cases had outstripped those of dengue in Delhi for the past several weeks, but dengue has once again eclipsed malaria as far as the infection count is concerned in Delhi.
As per the South Delhi Municipal Corporation, which tabulates the data on vector-borne diseases in the city, the number of dengue cases reported till October 5 stands at 467 with 111 fresh cases reported last week. Out of 467 cases of dengue, October alone has seen 185 cases of dengue while 190 cases were reported in September.
Meanwhile, 21 new cases of chikungunya also reported in last week, taking the total number of patients suffering from the disease to 118, according to a municipal report released on Monday.
As per the data, mosquito-breeding has been reported in at least 1559 21 households and 124589 legal notices have been issued this year.
Last year, 2,798 dengue cases and four deaths were recorded in Delhi. Both the Delhi government and the local bodies have been making efforts to raise awareness among the people on precautions to ensure that there is no breeding of mosquito larvae in and around their houses.