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New Delhi, Oct 10: With 40 fresh cases of dengue in the national capital, the number of patients suffering from the viral disease on Tuesday rose to 997. One person succumbed to the disease at the AIIMS last evening, taking the total number of deaths in Delhi to 23. "Forty new cases of dengue were reported in the capital since Monday," Delhi Health Secretary D S Negi said.
Of the 40 fresh cases, 34 were admitted to the AIIMS, where 173 people undergoing treatment for the viral.
Thirtyfour people, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh`s son-in-law Vijay Tankha, have been discharged in the past 24 hours ending 8:00 a.M., officials said.
This year, the number of dengue cases have registered a nearly a three-fold increase compared to the corresponding period last year when it had affected nearly 300.
Sprucing up its dengue-control measures, the NCT government yesterday issued instructions for closing down all water fountains, including those at Rajpath and in residential premises.
"We have asked the authorities to ensure that water is drained out from all the fountains," Negi said adding MCD`s Zonal Deputy Commissioners were asked to coordinate the activities of sanitation and malaria control to ensure cleanliness in the city.
AIIMS, which has the maximum number of patients afflicted by the disease, has also augmented its facilites by drafting additional doctors and creating a new emergency ward for dengue.
Delhi accounted for 71 fresh cases yesterday while 61 patients were admitted on Sunday and 81 on Saturday.
Government for quarantine to check the spread of chikungunya
As dengue fever grips the country, another viral disease chikungunya is causing concern as over 1.3 million suspected cases have been reported across nine states. Meanwhile, government has introduced quarantine measures to check the spread of the disease.
Though Delhi has 28 suspected cases and seven confirmed cases, the worst hit is Karnataka with over 756,028 suspected cases and 294 confirmed cases of the disease.
Maharashtra has 262,595 suspected and 679 confirmed cases.
"The first cases were reported in December last year when we conducted surveys in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu," said N.K. Ganguly, director general of Indian Council of Medical Research.
"The total number of confirmed cases in the country stands at 1,533," he said.
"There has been such a wide-scale spread of the virus after 32 years."
Ganguly said surveillance sites have been set up and "we are taking anti-larvae measures to stop the virus from spreading."
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