38 dengue cases in a week

The civic health department has reported a total of 38 cases of dengue since September 3,taking the total count to 220 since the onset of monsoon. BMC has reported a total of 381 cases since January.

Despite BMC’s ‘Dengue proof your home’ campaign,there has been no decline in cases as compared to last year when 217 cases were recorded during the monsoon. Since July 17,BMC’s campaign has reached out to more than 85,975 people in 5,719 societies. However,a sudden spurt in dengue deaths in the last few days has alarmed citizens. A total of six deaths have occurred since the arrival of monsoon,of which two were reported in Goregaon (west).

BMC’s additional municipal commissioner Manisha Mhaiskar says there have been enough awareness drives to catch people’s attention. “People need to keep their homes free of breeding spots to avoid dengue,” she said. A significant number of cases of malaria and gastroenteritis have also been reported. Since September,3,205 cases of malaria and 172 cases of gastroenteritis have been recorded. Apart from that,1,969 cases of fever,46 typhoid cases,34 hepatitis and three H1N1 cases were reported by the civic health body.

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