With 24 persons testing positive for dengue, the total number of people affected by the mosquito-borne disease in the city rose to 667.
“24 people tested positive for dengue fever in the past 24 hours. Dengue cases generally start subsiding with the onset of winter but then the trend of dengue fever is changing. More and more hospitals are reporting dengue cases. From an average of 10 cases per day, we are now getting over 20 cases per day,” said MCD health committee chairman V.K. Monga.
He said, “A total of 667 people have been diagnosed of dengue fever till now. By mid-November, we are hopeful that dengue cases will come down as the aedes mosquito breeds in warm weather and dies when the temperature drops.”
Four deaths due to dengue haemorrhagic fever have been reported in the city so far, the last being on October 13.
“People should take precaution and check mosquito breeding at their premises as cases of chikungunya and japanese encephalitis are also being reported by hospitals,” Dr Monga cautioned.