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Written By: Kinkini Gupta | Updated : October 21, 2023 5:09 PM IST
Dengue In NCR: Total Tally Crosses 900 Mark In Ghaziabad In 24 Hours
In the last 24 hours, the city of Ghaziabad recorded 19 new and active cases of dengue. The total tally has now crossed the 900 mark and reach 916 to be precise. Officials state that cases have not stopped rising even after repeated efforts to curb the spread.
Reports of dengue cases are not just from the city of Ghaziabad, Lucknow also reported 38 news cases as of Friday. This has been recorder as the highest single-day caseload int he city this year. The total number of cases in Lucknow have crossed 1000 and reached 1,308 to be precise. The main regions reporting the maximum number of cases are Chander Nagar, Chinhat, Indira Nagar, Chowk, NK Road and Tudiyaganj. According to agency reports, the state of Uttar Pradesh has recorded 18,300 cases and 9 deaths this year.
Doctors and healthcare officials from the city have reported that, every dingle day there are at least 50 patients approaching doctors with symptoms similar to dengue. Not all of these patients are diagnosed with the disease however, at least 30 percent of them required hospitalization. The main symptoms reported by these patients are, mild fever, body pain and lethargy. These are some of the most commonly experienced symptoms. For some other patients however, doctors noted that they suffered from dengue shock syndrome and multiple organ failure. Severe symptoms also exist for some people. Patients who are being admitted in the hospital are said to recover by 5 to 7 days.
Ernakulam reported around 707 dengue cases between October 1 and 20. The average number of daily cases over the last three weeks remained around 35
