A man, a suspected case of dengue, had lost his life in August. However, it was not confirmed as dengue death by the AMC as he had comorbidities.
An age-wise analysis of cases of vector-borne diseases reveals that 28.7% or 388 of the total 1,352 dengue patients, registered between January 1 and September 30, are children under 14 years of age. Most of the dengue cases, 70.2% or 949 of the total 1,352 cases reported between January and September, were registered in September.
AMC figures show that of the total dengue cases, 41 patients were under a year old, 76 were between 1 and 4 years of age, 103 were in the 5-8 years category and 168 patients in 9-14 category. The remaining 964 patients were aged 15 years and above.
The AMC data shows that the city hospitals reported 215 cases of malaria, 16 of falciparum, 949 of dengue and 42 of chikungunya cases in September.
Between January 1 and September 30, city hospitals recorded 692 cases of dengue in the eastern part of the city while the remaining 660 cases were reported in the western part. AMC data showed that most cases in the eastern part of the city were reported from Ramol-Hathijan ward.
In the western part of the city, 77 cases were registered in Bodakdev ward followed by 76 in Thaltej and 71 in Gota. The hospitals in Chandlodia registered 53 cases of dengue while the Jodhpur area registered 58 cases.
AMC figures showed that in September, the city hospitals registered 486 cases of diarrhoea, 206 cases of jaundice, 312 of typhoid and one case of cholera.
