With 14 more people testing positive for the virus, the number of dengue cases in the city this year rose to 450. However, this figure is less compared to dengue cases reported last October, said MCD health committee chairman, V.K. Monga on Monday.
“Last year, there were over 4,000 cases at this time of the year. We have adopted stringent measures to contain dengue this year and the figure is only 450 till now. In the last one day, 14 people tested positive for the dengue virus,” he said, adding this includes 40 cases reported in the Delhi cantonment area.
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi reported the first case of dengue on March 3 while the first dengue death was reported in July.
Till now, four deaths due to dengue haemorrhagic fever have been reported in the city, the last being reported on October 13 when 50-year-old Anita Murari, wife of the director of Lady Hardinge Medical College, succumbed at a hospital here.
“An average of eight to ten cases are being reported daily,” Mr Monga said.