The number of people affected by the mosquito-borne disease reached 1,054 with the addition of 13 new dengue cases in the national capital.
Mr. Debashish Bhattacharya, state nodal health officer for dengue cases, said, "There were 13 new confirmed cases in the last 24 hours. The cumulative total of dengue affected people is 1,054."
Out of the total 1,954 dengue cases, 1,041 cases have been reported from Delhi, while 13 were from outside the city.
Delhi has reported more than 400 dengue cases during the last two weeks, but the number of cases per day has been falling over the last few days.
According to the health department, the city has recorded two confirmed and one suspected dengue fatalities thus far.
The dengue cases were negligible between June to Sep 2009, but the number climbed up significantly since mid-October.
Health representative said this was owing to the late onset of monsoon in the city.
The cases of dengue are likely to go down with the beginning of winter since the yellow-fever mosquitoes cannot breed under 15 degrees Celsius.
"The cases are expected to go down gradually," Mr. Bhattacharya said.
from http://www.topnews.in/
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