2006 Dengue Outbreak in India - Outbreak

Outbreak

• New Delhi : By early October more than 590 cases of dengue fever were reported from Delhi and over 367 from neighbouring states who had come to New Delhi for treatment.

• Rajasthan By September 12, more than 35 patients were treated for dengue fever in Rajasthan

• Chandigarh: 159 cases of dengue fever were reported from the union territory of Chandigarh. These were reported from Post-graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, the government run multi-specialty hospital. However out of 159 only 29 were from Chandigarh and the remaining were from Punjab, Harayana and Uttar Pradesh who had come to chandigarh for treatment.

• Uttar Pradesh: Over 214 suspected cases of the diseases were reported from Uttar Pradesh.

• Andhra Pradesh: One person succumbed to the disease and at least five were treated for the dengue fever in Andhra Pradesh.

• West Bengal: Over 30 people were treated for dengue fever in Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal for suspected dengue fever.

• By October 9, 2006 more than fifty deaths were reported to dengue fever and more than 3613 patients were treated for this disease.