AHMEDABAD: The diseases chart in the city had been soaring up during the last few months. The number of suspected malaria deaths in the city has gone up to 59 in the last one-and-half months according to Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC). There have been in all five dengue deaths till Friday in the city.

Incharge Sindh Health Department’s Dengue Surveillance Cell Dr Suresh Kumar said during last 24 hours six more dengue cases were confirmed in the province.

As many as 86 cases of dengue fever have been reported in Punjab during the last 24 hours, reports issued by the Provincial Health Department revealed on Tuesday.

Dengue fever is increasing rapidly with the ongoing rains and 124 persons are reported to have died as at September 2.

The health and district government officials have misled the senior Punjab functionaries about the true picture of dengue by concealing facts as the actual number of patients in Lahore is hundred t

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, on Friday, extended full support to the Punjab government in coping with the growing number of cases of dengue fever.

The health department has asked the municipal corporations to ensure proper follow-up of individual malaria or dengue cases that are reported at its health centres. The department has also wanted that the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) ensure a double check of any mosquito control measures that are undertaken at the ward level. This includes fogging, spraying of insecticides, collecting smears and examinations and follow-up of fever cases that are reported at the urban health centres.

Two deaths in less than 15 days in Pakkashahidan village of this district due to fever have left the villagers jittery even as malaria and viral fever have spread in the entire district.

New Delhi: Seven new cases of dengue were reported in the city on Thursday, taking the total number of cases of the disease to 73 this season.

The dry patch over Delhi is not the sign of withdrawal of monsoon. The rains are here to stay for this month.