Ghaziabad: The number of cases of dengue fever has increased to 23 in Ghaziabad in the last 48 hours.
The Ministry of Health also confirms two cases of malaria in the same period.
Until Friday, there were five cases of dengue fever and six malaria patients were confirmed by the Ministry of Health.
While a 11-month-old child was received with malaria to the district female hospital, this case had not been added to the count count.
Of the 23 dengue cases, one patient came from Shikohabad (Firozabad), which was the worst infected in the West.
More than 70 deaths because viral fever has been reported from Firozbabad so far.
Shikohabad patients underwent treatment at a private hospital in Ghaziabad.
A similar situation is being witnessed in other districts in Western.
In Meerut, around 10 cases of dengue fever have been confirmed while hundreds of cases of fever were reported at the district hospital every day since the last week of August.
In Mathura, around 25 dengue cases have been confirmed, while five cases have been reported in Agra.
While Noida has not confirmed the case of dengue fever, it has reported 23 malaria cases this year.
Ghaziabad District Supervision Officer, Dr.
RK Gupta said, “To handle increased cases, dengue and malaria wards have been created at the MMG District Hospital and a joint-district hospital.
Nodal officers appointed by the state for Ghaziabad, Senthil Pandian C, on the day Week took stock situation.
“A total of 30 beds have been booked at the Joint District Hospital for dengue fever, malaria and viral.
Dr.
Sanjay Teotia, the Head of the Hospital Medical Inspector said the mosquito net was set to Dengue Ward.
At the Hospital of the MMG district, Cms Dr.
Anurag Bhargav said 10 dengue ward beds had been prepared and the fever clinic was being carried out.
The Nodal Pandian guide directs the CMS to be alert in the treatment of other serious patients including dengue fever, malaria and typhus.
District officials said that because Covid began, the malaria case had seen a big decline in Gautam Budh Nagar.
Testing for malaria also decreases after the local team is transferred to the Covid task.
However, these cases are still lower in disproportionate compared to the tests carried out.
In 2019, there were 424 malaria cases of 73,568 samples tested.
In 2020, reduced to 27 cases from 51,350 samples were tested.
“We proceed with fogging and drive awareness.
Fever screening is also being done.
We asked people not to let water accumulate in their homes,” said Rajesh Sharma, District Malaria Officer.
Officials said that while most of the diseases transmitted through vectors were reported from July to November, there seemed to be fewer breeding places.