The number of the dengue cases in Dehradun mounted to 867 with the reporting of 21 new cases of the disease by the State Health department on Saturday.
The authorities have so far reported 1,201 cases of the disease in the State out of which about 75 per cent cases are from Dehradun district alone.
The district vector borne diseases officer of Dehradun, Subhash Joshi said that the condition of all the patients is stable and they are recovering from the disease.
Joshi said that Aedes mosquitoes - the vector of dengue- are capable of laying their eggs in one spoonful of water so the pots, vases, water bottles and coolers should be decanted. He said that anti dengue activities are in full swing in the affected and the sensitive areas of the district. Joshi informed that the health department with the help of ASHA workers has undertaken source reduction activity on a large scale in the city.
Dengue is a viral infection spread by the mosquito Aedes Aezypti commonly known as tiger mosquito. The symptoms of the disease are persistent high fever, rashes, headache and pain in the joints.
In the acute cases the platelet count of the blood is drastically reduced which may prove fatal for the patient. In Uttarakhand the disease is more prevalent in Dehradun, Haridwar, Nainital and Udham Singh Nagar districts
