Dengue cases climb to nearly 500 in Delhi

August 29, 2016 20:18

A record high 487 cases of dengue have so far been reported in the national capital this season, with 368 of them being recorded in August, a municipal report said today.

Three hundred and eleven cases of the vector-borne disease were reported till August 20, while 176 cases came to light in last week alone, marking a rise of nearly 57 per cent, said a senior official of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation, which compiles dengue report on behalf of all the civic bodies in Delhi.

An 18-year-old boy died yesterday of dengue at Apollo Hospital in south Delhi, taking to five the number of fatalities from the disease here. "He was brought to the hospital in a critical state on August 26. He was earlier admitted to some private hospital in south Delhi area and later referred to Apollo Hospital. He died of dengue shock syndrome," a hospital source said.

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