Prayagraj: Sangam City reported the highest single-day surge in dengue cases with 47 new infections on Tuesday, taking the calculation of dengue patients to 565.
New cases detected from the regions including civil lines (1), Allah (1) , Allahapur (1), Allahapur (1), Allahapur (1), Allahapur (1), Allahapur (1) 2), Kalindipuram (3), Mutthiganj (1), Georetown (2), Kharkauni (1), South Malacca (2), Darbhanga (1), Tagoretown (1), Rasoolabad (1), Porurnaabad (1), PurnaAbad (1), Purna Katra (2), Kareli (1), Myorabad (2), Mehdauri (1), Chandpur Salori (4), Unchwagadi (1), Jhalwa (1), Rajrupur (1), Baihrana (1), Phulpur (1), Table (2), Holagarh (1), Koroan (4), Baharia (1) , Shankargarh (3), Chaka (2), Kotbani (1).
Of the total 565 cases, 394 cases came from urban pockets while breaking 171 cases came from the trans Ganga and Trans Yamuna bag.
However, health officials said out of a total of 565 dengue cases reported in the district so far, 521 of them had recovered.
In addition, treatment of 42 patients is still ongoing.
District Malaria Officer (Prayagraj) Ak Singh said, “While 19 patients were accepted in different hospitals, 23 other patients treated their homes.
The city reported two deaths due to dengue fever so far.” Meanwhile, Chief Medical Officer ( Prayagraj) has instructed health officials that samples of all patients tested positively for dengue fever through a quick card test (RCT), must be sent to the microbiology Laboratory MLN Medical College for Elisa.
CMO also instructs officials who are patients undergo treatment for dengue fever, both in hospitals and homes, must be stored under mosquito nets.
Meanwhile DMO, said the increase in cases of dengue fever in Sangam City, the microbiology lab at MLN Medical College worked in two shifts.
However, officials admitted the pockets of Western City and North City were more susceptible to this disease.
However, after witnessing a significant surge in dengue cases in the city area, the Ministry of Health officials on Tuesday took intensive anti-larval spraying drives in many city pockets including Teliyargaj, Unchawagadi, buying Colony and an adjoining area.
Officials also continue to beg city residents to adopt strict preventive measures to maintain the disease transmitted by mosquitoes.
They also ask rural and urban people to use mosquito nets while sleeping.
Anti-larval and fogging spraying is also taken in the Trans-Ganga and Yamuna regions as well.
DMO also said the health team continued to hold interactive sessions with residents in housing colonies, apartments and slums and awareness campaigns of such diseases were also carried out in the city.