75 more dengue cases in Delhi, total now 2,371
September 20th, 2010 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) Delhi reported 75 new cases of dengue Monday, taking the total number of people infected with the mosquito-borne disease to 2,371.
The disease has this year claimed five lives in the capital, including one from outside the city. Delhi has been recording around 70 cases on an average every day.
“We are carrying out fogging operation in various parts of the city,” N.K. Yadav, municipal health officer of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), told IANS.
According to the MCD, 1,153 dengue cases and three deaths were reported in 2009, 1,312 cases and two deaths in 2008, 548 cases and one death in 2007, and 3,366 cases and 36 deaths in 2006.
Dengue symptoms include high fever for four to five days, usually accompanied by severe headache, body pain, muscle and joint pain and rashes. After the fever subsides, the blood platelet count starts dipping.
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