Three more persons, including a 13-year-old boy, have died due to dengue in the Capital, according to hospitals in the city.
Phatam (13) was admitted to AIIMS on September 22 in a very critical condition with internal bleeding.
He died of dengue shock syndrome on Saturday afternoon, said authorities at the hospital.
Other victims include 50-year-old Gajendri, a resident of Jawala Nagar, who passed away on Sunday afternoon at Swami Dayanand Saraswati Hospital in East Delhi, and a 20-year-old youth who died of the vector-borne disease at GTB Hospital.
“Gajendri was admitted for a week at the hospital. She had dengue, chest infection and severe anemia,” said a senior doctor at the Swami Dayanand Saraswati Hospital.
The three deaths take the dengue toll this season in Delhi to 33, even though the official casualty figure, according to the MCD, is yet to be updated from 17 as reported on September 24.
The Delhi government had recently ordered that no hospital should deny admission to a dengue patient.
Meanwhile, officials at AIIMS said that a woman died there on Saturday of dengue. The deceased hailed from Nadia district of West Bengal, they said.
Nearly 1,700 fresh dengue cases have been reported in the city in the past week, taking the total number of people affected by dengue to 5,471.
Last year, the city had reported three deaths and recorded nearly 1,000 cases.— PTI
