50-yr-old dies of leptospirosis, rain diseases toll 41
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10/07/2008
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Indian Express (Mumbai)
Mumbai, July 09 The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's epidemiology cell recorded another death due to leptospirosis, taking the overall death toll due to monsoon-related ailments to 41. A 50-year-old man, a resident of Nal Bazar, succumbed to leptospirosis on Wednesday morning at 2 am. He was admitted to the BYL Nair Hospital at Mumbai Central on Thursday. In the last 24 hours, the epidemiology cell reported 171 cases of fever, 72 cases of gastroenteritis, seven of suspected leptospirosis, seven of suspected dengue and 62 of suspected malaria both in the public as well as private hospitals, totaling 319 admissions.