Kolkata:
Two more persons have died of dengue in West Bengal, taking the toll to 13 in
the vector-borne disease since January, with 112 new cases reporting in the
last 24 hours, officials said on Sunday.
A
10-year-old girl, who was infected with the virus and admitted to a hospital,
died on Sunday morning, state Director of Health Services Biswaranjan
Satpathy told PTI.
“The
girl was a resident of the Salt Lake area and was suffering for the last one
week. She was admitted to the BC Roy Hospital five days ago and died today
morning,” he said. Doctors said that a 42-year-old woman from Mukundapur
area had died of dengue on Saturday.
“The
patient who was admitted at the KPC Medical College and Hospital died
yesterday. We were waiting for the report to get a confirmation whether it was
Dengue case or not,” he said.
Meanwhile,
in the last 24 hours, another 112 new cases of dengue were reported from
different parts of the state, mainly from Serampore in Hooghly district, taking
the total number of people affected by the vector-borne disease to 1,495,
Satpathy said.
In Delhi, an abrupt spike in
dengue cases has alarmed authorities who have set up exclusive dengue clinics
for diagnosis and treatment of the disease. In July, 62 cases were reported in
the national capital.
The union health ministry
has called for separate registration of dengue patients in Delhi and the
National Capital Region, directing them to be admitted to separate wards in
hospitals.
Dengue has raised alarm
bells in other states of the country too. In Karnataka, the disease claimed six
lives in the last 20 days. The total number of dengue cases in the state is
2,442 so far this year.
Maharashtra is also under
the grip of dengue crisis, with the number of cases having increased by more
than thrice this year. Nearly 14,203 cases of dengue have been reported so far
this year, as compared to 442 cases last year in the state. Two persons have
died of the disease in the state.
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