134 dengue cases in city this month
Pune: The city has recorded 134 dengue cases in the last 16 days of this month, already surpassing the 133 cases registered for the whole of October. In fact, this is the highest number of cases recorded
Pune: The city has recorded 134 dengue cases in the last 16 days of this month, already surpassing the 133 cases registered for the whole of October. In fact, this is the highest number of cases recorded
The dengue fever cases are showing a declining trend in Hyderabad as peak of the season which suits growth of dengue mosquitoes has passed, it emerged on Sunday. Data obtained from the Diagnostic and
Eighty nine more people were tested dengue positive on Sunday, taking the number of confirmed cases in the province to 1,912. Out of 89 new cases, 70 were reported from Lahore, Medics said. The number
More Cases In State Than Last Yr; Pune’s Disease Burden Highest; Officials Blame Weather Pune: The number of dengue cases in the state has shot up to an alarming high, with as many as 3,564 cases reported between January and October this year, more than twice the number in 2012 when 1,436 cases of the disease were reported.
But Dengue Mortality Rate Worries Docs Mumbai: The city has been reeling from the onslaught of dengue in the last three months but it is malaria that has turned out to be the bigger killer this year. While malaria claimed 17 lives in the four monsoon months, 12 people died of dengue. But doctors are more worried about dengue because of its high mortality rate.
Number of dengue patients has reached to 1,869, in Sindh till Wednesday while 10 people have lost their lives in its wake. According to figures released on Wednesday by Provincial Dengue Cell, the provincial
Seventy one more patients tested positive for the dengue virus in Punjab during the last 24 hours. Of them, 33 patients were reported in the provincial capital alone. The government hospitals of the
Total number of Dengue patients, within the province of Sindh, has reached to 1869 till Wednesday while 10 people lost their lives of this deadly disease. According to figures released here on Wednesday
The number of dengue cases in Delhi has risen to 4,618 from 4,402 on October 28, a municipal health official said on Monday. The vector-borne disease has claimed six lives but no fatality has been reported
The number of dengue cases in the capital has been rising at a slower rate so far this month as compared to October, municipal health officials said. According to official reports from the civic agencies, the death of a 28-year-old man who had been admitted to Rockland Hospital has been recorded as the ninth suspected dengue death this year. Authorities are still awaiting a confirmatory ELISA test, though 28-year-old Keshar Singh tested positive in the NS-1 antigen test performed through rapid diagnostic kits.
Twenty-nine more people were tested dengue positive on Monday, taking the number of confirmed cases in the province to 1,105. Out of 29 new cases, 19 were reported from Holy Family Hospital Rawalpindi
Sri Lanka experienced the largest epidemic of dengue fever with as many as 70,000 cases and almost 600 deaths during the years 2009 and 2010. The Health Ministry of the government of Sri Lanka, undertook
It’s official. This year’s dengue outbreak in the country was the worst in at least six years, with 55,063 cases reported till October 28. According to health ministry data, the number of dengue cases has been rising since 2008 — when the count was 12,561 — dipping only in 2011. The number of deaths due to the disease has increased from 80 in 2008 to 138 this year, although it is far lower than 242 recorded last year.
There is much uncertainty about the future impact of climate change on vector-borne diseases. Such uncertainty reflects the difficulties in modelling the complex interactions between disease, climatic
Disease not confined to poorer areas; more than 50% cases reported from non-slum pockets. Nandkishor Sathe (name changed) had a bout of vomiting after two days of viral fever. A test showed that his platelet
KANPUR: Despite the dip in temperature, denizens are yet to get any respite from dengue here in the industrial city. With 18 new cases reported on Wednesday, the total number of dengue cases this season
<p>Gem mining in Seethawaka river has been taken over by the Sri Lankan government, National Gem and Jewellery Authority (NGJA). According to Director General Janaka Udaya Kumara, this decision was taken to prevent illegal gem mining in the Thalduwa area of Seethawaka river. Read more in this October 2013 edition of the Monthly Sri Lanka State of the Environment Report published by the South Asia Environment Portal. Read and Share.</p>
The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) and Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) have begun working on a feasibility study for the construction of waste water treatment plants on the Ravi river at two sites at an amount of Rs 486 million. Read more in this October 2013 edition of the Monthly Pakistan State of the Environment Report published by the South Asia Environment Portal. Read and Share.
Doctors of the microbiology department of the Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College (GSVM) confirmed 16 new dengue cases on Monday. With this, the number of dengue cases here has gone up to
There is no let-up in dengue spread, as over 60 dengue patients are under treatment in various hospitals across the province at present. Sources claimed that as many as 671 confirmed dengue patients had