Dengue death toll rises to 23 in Delhi case count now over 9500 Civic body
New Delhi Dec 27 PTI Six more deaths due todenguehave been reported in the national capital taking the total number of fatalities due to the vector-borne disease reported in Delhi this year to 23 according to a municipal report released on MondayThe number ofdenguecases rose to over 9500 though about 130 fresh cased have been logged in the last one week the rise being far less than what was being reported till a few weeks agoTill December 18 the officialdenguedeath tally maintained by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation had stood at 17According to the civic bodys report on vector-borne diseases released on Monday a total of 9545denguecases and 23 deaths have been recorded this season till December 25A total 1269 cases have been recorded this month till December 25In the previous years the totaldenguecases reported were 4431 2016 4726 2017 2798 2018 2036 2019 and 1072 2020 according to the reportIn 2015 the city had witnessed a massive outbreak ofdenguewith the number of cases crossing 10600 in October itself making it the worst outbreak of the vector-borne disease in the national capital since 1996The number ofdenguefatalities this year is the highest in the national capital since 2016 when the officially reported death count was 10The national capital recorded two deaths due todenguein 2019 four in 2018 and 10 each in 2017 and 2016The number of deaths due todenguein years preceding to 2020 had stood at — 2 in 2019 4 2018 10 2017 and 10 2016 according to the official tally maintained by the SDMCPTI KND SRY
New Delhi Dec 27 PTI Six more deaths due todenguehave been reported in the national capital taking the total number of fatalities due to the vector-borne disease reported in Delhi this year to 23 according to a municipal report released on MondayThe number ofdenguecases rose to over 9500 though about 130 fresh cased have been logged in the last one week the rise being far less than what was being reported till a few weeks agoTill December 18 the officialdenguedeath tally maintained by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation had stood at 17According to the civic bodys report on vector-borne diseases released on Monday a total of 9545denguecases and 23 deaths have been recorded this season till December 25A total 1269 cases have been recorded this month till December 25In the previous years the totaldenguecases reported were 4431 2016 4726 2017 2798 2018 2036 2019 and 1072 2020 according to the reportIn 2015 the city had witnessed a massive outbreak ofdenguewith the number of cases crossing 10600 in October itself making it the worst outbreak of the vector-borne disease in the national capital since 1996The number ofdenguefatalities this year is the highest in the national capital since 2016 when the officially reported death count was 10The national capital recorded two deaths due todenguein 2019 four in 2018 and 10 each in 2017 and 2016The number of deaths due todenguein years preceding to 2020 had stood at — 2 in 2019 4 2018 10 2017 and 10 2016 according to the official tally maintained by the SDMCPTI KND SRY
