Dengue case count breaks 2016 official record in Lucknow

TNN / Nov 5, 2019, 07:27 IST

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With 36 fresh dengue cases reported in city on Monday, the tally for this year touched 1,097, breaking 2016’s record when 1,089 dengue cases were reported.

Dengue case count breaks 2016 official record in Lucknow

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LUCKNOW: With 36 fresh dengue cases reported in city on Monday, the tally for this year touched 1,097, breaking 2016’s record when 1,089 dengue cases were reported.
In fact, the number of cases in October (652) alone this year was higher than the total number of cases reported in the entire year for every year since 2007, barring 2016. Besides, the seven dengue deaths of this year were all in October.

This was the highest after 2016 when 18 deaths were reported. However, chief medical officer Narendra Agarwal said that 2016 still holds the record for maximum number of dengue cases.

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Chief medical officer insists that number of dengue cases reported this year so far has not broken the record of 2016. The figure quoted in records is a misprint and would be corrected soon. Even if this is true, more than 1,000 cases of dengue caused by mosquitoes in a year does not augur well for the city aspiring to become Smart. The spike in cases shows that civic agencies have not been able to perform their job to take preventive measures and maintain cleanliness required to provide healthy environment to citizens.

He said the actual number of cases in 2016 was 2,172 with 18 deaths. The data in official records, he said, was misprinted and will be corrected soon.

“There is no need to panic as we are taking measures to control dengue. In the upcoming days, the numbers will come down,” said the CMO.
Among the fresh cases is an 11-year-old boy from Hazratganj, who is critical and undergoing treatment at Civil hospital. Two men aged 28 and 31 years are admitted in private hospitals in Aliganj and Indiranagar, respectively. Another critical patient is a 22-year-old woman undergoing treatment in a private hospital in Banthra.

The 29 new patients are residents of Husainabad, Aishbagh, Malihabad, Daliganj, Keshavnagar, Ruchi Khand, Balaganj, Bangla Bazaar, Alambagh, Rajni Khand, Chandannagar, Hazratganj, Salehnagar, Indiranagar, Adilnagar, LDA Colony, Wazirganj, Banthara, Singarnagar, Krishnanagar , Vikasnagar, Talkatora, Rajajipuram, Deva Road, Aliganj and Chinhat.
The health department teams found larvae of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which carries the dengue virus, at 31 places out of 2,553 sites scanned. The areas inspected were Hussainabad, Jodha Kheda, Singarnagar, Bahadur Kheda and New Haiderganj.

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