Mumbai: There is no death due to a common seasonal illness such as malaria, leptospirosis, dengue fever or H1N1 has been recorded in the first six months of this year in the city.
Mumbai has seen a significant decline in death and cases of monsun related diseases since the pandemic hit, but the doctor warns a decrease in diagnosis or reporting can be responsible.
According to data released by BMC on Tuesday, not one death has been associated with malaria, leptospirosis, dengue fever, hepatitis, gastroenteritis and H1N1 this year until July 11 (see box).
In most of these diseases, death is largely recorded between June and September.
In 2020, an extraordinary decline in monsoon diseases was recorded, except malaria.
The tight key is stated as one of the reasons why the transmission of the disease is lower.
Malaria was the only disease that saw the increase and one death reported last year.
The city has not recorded the death of a single malaria in 2019, which is the first in a decade.
Interestingly, the disease transmitted through other vectors, dengue fever, saw the sharpest decline because the case fell almost 86%.
Of the 920 cases confirmed in 2019, it fell to 129 in 2020.
The second year saw three bloody deaths.
Gastroenteritis cases fell 67% – from 7,785 in 2019 to 2,549 in 2020.
Similar decreases were seen in the incidence of hepatitis with 2633-last year’s cases from 1,534 in 2019.
As Coronavirus became the dominant virus, influenza H1N1 less detection.
There were 451 cases and five deaths in 2019, which fell to 44 cases and zero deaths in 2020.
Expert infectious diseases from Srivastava, who have become part of the BMC death audit committee, said it was impossible for death due to all others.
The disease will disappear.
“The problem of underreporting must be seen because the doctor must treat malaria cases,” he said.
A citizenship official said the ward in the city of the island has reported a case of malaria, especially from Ward, B and F-South.
Leptospirosis has also been a cause of fears this year.
Citizenship officials say bursts are usually seen after days of heavy rainfall, which are recorded by the city in June.
A total of 30 of the 74 Leptospirosis cases have come in the last 40 days.
Some deaths can be reviewed before they are associated with one of these diseases, the official said.