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  • India: 2021 Dengue

    Source: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-...erwhelmed.html

    December 8, 2021
    After a horrific COVID wave, India's health system is now overwhelmed by a different virus
    by Gvs Murthy, The Conversation

    After a deadly second wave of COVID-19 overwhelmed hospitals in India earlier this year, the country is battling yet another viral outbreak. Hospitals are struggling to treat dengue, a viral disease that spreads through the bite of the Aedes aegypti mosquito.

    At least 15 Indian states have been badly affected, including the capital city of Delhi that reported a five-year high in the number of cases.

    Data from the federal health ministry suggests more than 100,000 dengue infections and 90 deaths were reported in the country from January to October...

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      Source: https://www.news18.com/news/india/in...s-5514985.html

      India Saw Highest Dengue Cases, Deaths in Six Years in 2021; UP Topped Tally With Maximum Infections
      By: Nivedita Singh
      CNN-News18
      Last Updated: July 08, 2022, 13:03 IST

      India reported over 1.93 lakh cases of dengue in 2021, more than four times the cases in 2020 and highest in six years since 2015. Similarly, 346 deaths were caused by dengue across India in 2021 – over five times than 2020 and highest since 2015, official data analysed by CNN-News18 shows.

      According to the data from the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP), three states – Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan – were responsible for nearly 40 per cent of the cases and half of the deaths in 2021. Clubbed with Delhi and Madhya Pradesh’s tally, the five states were responsible for more than 53 per cent cases and over 60 per cent deaths. While Uttar Pradesh reported the highest number of cases in 2021 — 29,750 — Rajasthan recorded the most deaths — 96...

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