The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has recorded five new cases of meningococcemia in the city taking the total number of cases so far to 53. Eight deaths due to meningococcemia have been recorded so far this year. "We have recorded 29 cases from Delhi and 13 from Haryana; the rest have come in from other neighbouring States. The symptoms of meningococcemia include fever, rashes on the body, severe headache, stiff neck and nausea,' said an MCD official.