Dengue Cases Piling Up, Outbreak Worst In Several Years: Delhi Hospital

Delhi logged 1,171 dengue cases in the first six days of November, after reporting only 1,196 through the whole of October and just 217 in September, according to PTI

The dengue outbreak in Delhi is "far more as compared to the last two-three years", a senior doctor at the city's Ganga Ram Hospital told NDTV today, adding that "mortality too is on the rise".

Delhi logged 1,171 dengue cases from November 1-6, after reporting 1,196 through October and 217 in September (the highest for that month in three years), according to news agency PTI. 

In January there were zero dengue cases reported in Delhi. There were two in February, five in March, 10 in April, 12 in May, seven in June, 16 in July and seven, again, in August.

The 2,708 cases reported in the city so far this year is the most since 2018; cases reported between January 1 and October 30 was 612 in 2020, 1,069 in 2019, and 1,595 in 2018.