In a sharp rise in the number of dengue cases in Delhi, up to 177 cases were reported in the last week, showed a report by South Delhi Municipal Corporation.
While the total number of such cases continue to remain lower compared to last year, the number of dengue cases are the highest in October this year.
Apart from this, the number of cases of malaria so far stands at 535, highest compared to the number of cases at the same time in the last five years. In the last week, 76 cases of malaria were reported. In fact, data from the south civic body shows that the number of malaria cases in September this year stands at 214, which is the highest in any single month in the last five years.
Chikungunya cases
Meanwhile, the number of chikungunya cases remains relatively low with only five cases reported last week. A total of 123 such cases have been reported this year so far.
The municipal corporations said in their efforts to keep a check on the spread of mosquitos, the officials have visited up to 2.9 crore houses, sprayed insecticide at up to 13 lakh houses and issued notices for breeding conditions in 1.2 lakh houses.
