Former international-level Kabaddi player dies of dengue in Delhi

September 18, 2015 14:10

Just in: Former International level Kabaddi player Pratap Kablana dies of dengue in a Gurgaon hospital.

Two girls, aged three and nine, have become the latest victims of dengue in the city, taking the death toll to 16 today in what is being billed as the worst outbreak of the vector-borne disease in the national capital in the past five years.

According to municipal corporation officials, over 2,000 people have tested positive for the vector-borne disease. The death toll as per the official data still stands at 5.

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