For the second year in a row, dengue fever has overtaken monsoon deaths: 14 cases in 2018 | Mumbai News

MUMBAI: For the second year in a row, dengue fever has become the leading cause of mortality among monsoon-related diseases in the city. With 14 victims, dengue fever claimed the most lives this year, followed by leptospirosis that killed 12 people. Malaria has killed three people, three times less than half of last year.

BMC's two-week health report said monsoon-related illnesses were responsible for 29 deaths this year, one fewer deaths than the number reported in 2017. dengue have caused more than 10,000 hospitalizations since June in addition to malaria, gastroenteritis and viral diseases.

The report states that dengue continues to circulate after the monsoon. He made two victims, including that of a 7-year-old man from Dharavi and a 24-year-old young man from Kandivli, who had previously traveled to UP, during the last fortnight of October. Nearly 250 confirmed cases of dengue fever have also been reported.

A municipal official says that the child was treated by a local doctor for fever and body pain. However, the boy again had abdominal pain and fever after three days, after which he was admitted to a public hospital. The child died of hemorrhagic shock due to dengue and dysfunction of several organs three days after his hospitalization. The resident of Kandivli, who was admitted to a public hospital in serious condition, died within 24 hours. A city official said the patient died of lung and kidney complications. "The most important thing to prevent deaths is to see a doctor without delay," said the manager.

Aside from dengue fever, the H1N1 viral infection, formerly known as swine flu, ravaged several parts of the state and reappeared in the city. After sleeping for most of the year, 16 people tested positive for the flu in October. The BMC stated that only one case had been reported in September. The H1N1 flu has killed 268 people and affected approximately 2,300 people in the state since the beginning of the year. The majority of cases and deaths have been reported in Pune, Nagpur, Satara, Ahmednagar and other districts. The state has recently developed guidelines for the treatment of the H1N1 virus, including those for pediatric patients, which it has also shared with the Center.

A city official says that business is scattered all over the city and that there is no reunion in any area. Most positive cases are in the 15 to 60 age group.