143 more down with dengue in Mohali district

Tribune News Service

Mohali, October 17

A record 143 new cases of dengue surfaced in the district in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of cases this season to 1,554. Health officials said however, the vector-borne disease did not claim any life today.

While 344 cases and two deaths were reported in September, 1,183 cases have surfaced till October 17 and 12 patients have succumbed to the disease.

A total of 265 samples of the suspected dengue fever patients were taken and the reports of 143 of these came positive for the disease.

Civil surgeon Dr Adarshpal Kaur said, “We have an alarming situation at our hands and to deal with it, anti-dengue drives have already been started. However, we need full cooperation of the residents as well. The number of anti-larvae teams has been increased as our primary aim is to check the spread of the vector-borne diseases.”

Dr Adarshpal Kaur said teams of the Health Department had been holding an inspection, spray and awareness campaign for the prevention of dengue fever across the district since March this year.