-- Ganjam tops list of affected
BHUBANESWAR:
Following the death of one dengue affected Biswajit Mohanty (21) on Sunday at
the SCB Medical
College Hospital
in Cuttack, the dengue death toll
in the State has risen to five, while the numbers of dengue patients are
increasing in the State day by day.
The fifth victim of dengue
disease Mohanty from Kalashreegopalpur village under Badachana block in Jajpur
district was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of the hospital’s medicine
ward on September 19 and admitted in ICU on September 21 the hospital sources
said.
It is suspected that one dengue
affected jawan Chandra Maleswar of Bihar also died due
to the disease in a private hospital in the capital city, but the hospital
officials didn’t make any comment on the matter.
Till Friday, the dengue toll in
the State had touched to four while the number of people affected by the
disease has increased to 447, according to Health and family Welfare Minister
Damodar Rout. One patient each in Ganjam and Baleswar and two patients in
Dhenkanal have died of dengue till Friday, he told the reporters here.
After the NS1 test of 1233 blood
samples, it was found that 575 persons were affected by dengue till Sunday. Out
of the total dengue positive cases in the State, Ganjam has the highest number
of 209 patients. Among other dengue prone districts, Baleswar has reported 173
positive cases and Angul 63 and Khurda district is at the bottom with 10
patients, the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme sources said.
On the other hand, Health and
Family Welfare Department Minister Damodar Rout said that they are taking all
measures to control spread of the disease.
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