95 more dengue cases in Delhi
By IANSThursday, September 23, 2010
NEW DELHI - Delhi reported 95 more cases of dengue Thursday as the total number of people infected with the vector-borne disease surged to 2,631, an official said.
Of the total patients, 2,607 were from Delhi while 24 were from outside the city, said an official of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).
Five people have succumbed to the mosquito-borne disease this year, of which one was from outside Delhi.
As the numbers of cases rise steadily, MCD’s nightmare of the total dengue cases crossing the 2006 figure of 3,366 cases may come true.
According to MCD, 1,153 dengue cases and three deaths were reported in 2009, 1,312 cases and two deaths in 2008, 548 cases and one death in 2007, and 3,366 cases and 36 deaths in 2006.
Dengue symptoms include high fever for four to five days, usually accompanied by severe headache, pain in the eyes, muscle and joint pain and rashes. After the fever goes away, the blood platelet count starts dipping.
