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Maha: 5 die of cholera in Amravati district
BY Team MP13 July 2022 4:04 PM
Mumbai: Five people, including two women, have died due to cholera in Maharashtra's Amravati district which has been lashed by heavy rainfall, the state health department said on Wednesday.
The deceased were among 181 people in the district who were recently diagnosed with the water-borne disease, it said.
Large parts of the state have been experiencing heavy showers for the past one week.
An epidemiological surveillance is being carried out in the state on a war footing due to downpour, the health department said.
The cholera outbreak started in Chikhaldara and Amaravati blocks (tehsils) of the district in eastern Maharashtra from July 7 onward, it said.
"The ongoing outbreak is in three villages of Chikhaldara (Dongri, Koylari and Ghana) and one village (Naya Akola) of Amaravati block. Until now, 181 patients have been diagnosed with cholera and five of them - three men and two women - have died," the department said...
Maha: 5 die of cholera in Amravati district
BY Team MP13 July 2022 4:04 PM
Mumbai: Five people, including two women, have died due to cholera in Maharashtra's Amravati district which has been lashed by heavy rainfall, the state health department said on Wednesday.
The deceased were among 181 people in the district who were recently diagnosed with the water-borne disease, it said.
Large parts of the state have been experiencing heavy showers for the past one week.
An epidemiological surveillance is being carried out in the state on a war footing due to downpour, the health department said.
The cholera outbreak started in Chikhaldara and Amaravati blocks (tehsils) of the district in eastern Maharashtra from July 7 onward, it said.
"The ongoing outbreak is in three villages of Chikhaldara (Dongri, Koylari and Ghana) and one village (Naya Akola) of Amaravati block. Until now, 181 patients have been diagnosed with cholera and five of them - three men and two women - have died," the department said...
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