An 80-year-old man from Ghaziabad has died of chikungunya complications at a private hospital in Delhi, as the toll from the vector-borne disease mounted to six in the national capital.

Mahendra Singh, the second person from Ghaziabad to have succumbed to chikungunya complications, died at Apollo Hospital in south Delhi.

"He was diagnosed positive for chikungunya through RT-PCR test. He died of multi-organ failure triggered by complications from the disease," hospital authorities said.

Chikungunya is taking its toll in the national capital where the number of cases have climbed to over 1,000 this season.

Meanwhile, Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain on Wednesday appealed people not to panic and said the government will probe as to why in one hospital there have been so many deaths due to chikungunya.

"There is no death regarding chikungunya, if there is a person suffering from chikungunya he will show positive for about 6 months. How come in Delhi so many people died out of chikungunya it is a matter of concern. We will probe as to why in one hospital there have been chikungunya deaths," he said.

Asking people not to panic, Jain said arrangements in all Delhi Government hospitals are good and sufficient beds available till today.

"I again appeal to people to not panic, they must get admitted in hospitals only when doctors ask them to, not on their own," he added.

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