NNWN / Thiruvananthapuram, 2017-05-20
There has been an alarming rise in the number of dengue cases in Thiruvananthapuram which has been badly hit. As many as 68 persons have died of dengue fever in the state till the middle of May. According to data provided by Directorate of Health Services on Saturday, the number of fever cases reported were 9549, among which 1173 were from Thiruvananthapuram. A total of 332 dengue fever cases were also reported. Dengue cases reported from Thiruvananthapuram stood at 171. On Friday, the corresponding figures in the state for fever and dengue were 9180 and 344 respectively whereas for Thiruvananthapuram, they were 1694 and 105. On Thursday, as many as 8192 cases of fever were reported from across the state. Among these, 1479 cases were reported from Thiruvanathapuram alone. As per the data from January to May 15 this year, as many as 3500 cases of dengue fever and five dengue deaths were reported in the state. A total of 2214 dengue cases were reported in Thiruvananthapuram, of which three were fatal. HINI was confirmed in 487 persons till the middle of this month out of which 36 persons died. Rat fever was confirmed in 474 people and it claimed six lives. In General Hospital Thiruvananthapuram, one of the prime government medical care institutions in the district, 44 people were affected with fever including 25 house surgeons. One of the hospital staff died of dengue fever two days ago. As per the data, as many as 775 people died of fever from 2011 to 2016. Meanwhile,The president of Indian Medical Association, Thiruvananthapuram, Dr. John Paniker on Saturday said the increase in Aedis Mosquito is the reason for the rise in dengue cases in the city."The summer shower also caused the growth of mosquitoes," Dr. John Paniker said. Health Secretary Rajeev Sadanandan had visited the General Hospital on Tuesday to assess the situation. He said that dengue fever season is not over yet- "The situation is not under control in Thiruvananthapuram, though it is so in the rest of the state."Health experts have found circumstances that help breeding of aedes mosquito, as the reason for the increase in number of dengue fever cases.