Dengue stings 39 more in Mohali district

Tribune News Service

Mohali, November 14

The district on Sunday reported 39 fresh cases of dengue, taking the total number of cases this year to 3,631. There was no fresh fatality due to the vector-borne disease.

A total of 144 samples of suspected dengue fever patients were taken and 39 of these tested positive for dengue.

In Mohali, 344 cases and two deaths surfaced in September whereas 2,260 cases with 29 deaths were reported till October 31. A total of 1,000 cases have surfaced this month and 263 of these were reported in the past five days. The disease has claimed six lives in the district this month.

14 fresh cases in Panchkula

Panchkula: Fourteen fresh cases of dengue were reported from the district during the past 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 806. No death due to the disease was reported from across the district on Sunday. Civil Surgeon Mukta Kumar said 86 patients were admitted to private hospitals while 50 patients were being treated at the government hospitals in the district. — TNS