Nearly 2,570 fresh cases of the vector-borne disease were logged in the city in the last one week. However, no fresh fatality was reported.
New Delhi: The number of dengue cases in Delhi this season has crossed 5,270, the highest in the national capital in a year since 2015, according to a civic report released on Monday (November 15).
Nearly 2,570 fresh cases of the vector-borne disease were logged in the city in the last week. However, no fresh fatality was reported.
According to the report on vector-borne diseases, a total of 5,277 dengue cases were recorded this year till November 13
.In the previous years, the total count of dengue cases was -- 4,431 (2016), 4,726 (2017), 2,798 (2018), 2,036 (2019) and 1,072 (2020), according to the report.
Of the dengue cases in Delhi this year, 3,740 were reported in the first 13 days of November. In October, 1,196 cases were reported. The total number of cases this year till November 6 stood at 2,708 and the official death toll due to dengue was nine.