With seven fresh cases of dengue reported in a week in the national Capital, the total number of people infected with the vector borne disease has reached 62 this year.
According to reports released by all three municipal corporations, five cases of malaria were also reported in the city till March 12, taking the total tally to 11 this year. However, four cases reported in Delhi were from other States.
Malaria, dengue and chikungunya are accompanied with high fever. Cases of vector-borne diseases are usually reported between July and November, but the period may stretch till mid-December. Last year, 9,613 dengue cases, the highest number of such cases was recorded in the Capital in a year since 2015, along with 23 deaths.
In the years prior to 2021, the total dengue cases reported were 4431 (2016), 4726 (2017), 2798 (2018), 2036 (2019) and 1072 (2020), as per the report.
In 2015, the number of dengue cases reported has crossed 10,600 in October itself, making it the worst outbreak of the vector-borne disease in the national capital since 1996.
The number of dengue fatalities logged in 2021 was the highest in the national capital since 2016, when the officially reported death count was 10. Delhi had recorded two deaths due to dengue in 2019, four in 2018, and 10 each in 2017 and 2016.
