Dengue menace: 12 deaths, 1,900 fresh cases in past week

September 21, 2015 20:37

Twelve people died of dengue and over 1,900 fresh cases have been reported in the past one week alone, taking this month's total to nearly 3,000 even as both Delhi and central governments continued their efforts to contain the disease in the city, which is facing its worst outbreak in the past six years.

According to official figure release today, a total of 3,791 people were affected by dengue till September 19 while 17 of them have succumbed to it. The total number of deaths due to dengue, as given by individual hospitals, is 22.

As hospitals in the city remained flooded with dengue patients, the Centre reviewed various preventive and clinical management measures to deal with the situation in Delhi.

Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha held a meeting with senior officials of central and Delhi government, NDMC and MCD, and extended all support and assistance.

The latest victim of dengue was a 36-year-old woman from east Delhi who passed away last night at a private hospital. Out of the total number of cases reported till September 19, at least 2,960 of them were reported this month only.

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