42 Cases Of Dengue Reported In Delhi Till March 5: Civic Body

The three fresh cases have been reported in the first week of March. According to the civic report on vector-borne diseases, a total of 42?dengue?cases?have been recorded this year till March 5. For the January 1-March 5 period, five cases were recorded here last year, six cases in 2020, two in 2019, while nine cases were logged in 2018 and eight in 2017, it said.

Cases?of vector-borne diseases are usually reported between July and November, but the period may stretch till mid-December. Last year, 9,613?dengue?cases,?the highest number of cases of the vector-borne disease recorded in the national capital in a year since 2015,?and 23 deaths were reported. In the years prior to 2021, the total?number of dengue?cases?reported were -- 4,431 (2016), 4,726 (2017), 2,798 (2018), 2,036 (2019) and 1,072 (2020), the report said.

In?2015, the city had witnessed a massive outbreak of?dengue when the?number of?dengue?cases reported crossed 10,600 in October itself, making it the worst outbreak of the vector-borne disease in the national capital since 1996. The number of?dengue?fatalities logged in 2021 was the highest in the national capital since 2016, when the officially reported death count was 10.

Delhi had recorded two deaths due to?dengue?in 2019, four in 2018, and 10 each in 2017 and 2016. The report also stated that two cases of malaria and seven cases of chikungunya have been reported so far this year in Delhi.

With PTI Inputs