Malaria cases - India

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Malaria cases double in city since '09

MUMBAI: This is possibly one of Mumbai's highest score: over 8,600 cases of malaria in the first 17 days of July. Last year, the positive cases for entire July stood at 4,380. For a city that was once a malaria-free area, the transformation into an endemic zone now appears complete.

One of the reasons for the higher positivity could be the fact that the civic administration has stepped up its door-to-door surveillance and is collecting more blood samples than before this year, but health experts feel that the city is in the throes of an outbreak. On Thursday, the health department registered the 11th death due to malaria since July 1; a 28-year-old resident of Duncan Road near Lalbaug became the latest victim of the disease.

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1,100 Malaria cases in two months in Chennai

CHENNAI: It is fever season in Chennai, thanks to the rains, with vector-borne diseases including malaria, dengue and chikunguniya registering a rise in the city.

The Chennai Corporation has recorded more than 1,100 malaria cases in the last two months and more than 2,877 cases in the last six months. The remaining districts of the state recorded 1,875 cases, with 848 cases in Ramanthapuram alone. The Directorate of Public Health has also recorded 427 cases of chikunguniya and 566 cases of dengue across the state.

 

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Malaria claimed 4 lives in Pune dist since June

Pune: As many as four people succumbed to malaria in Pune district, two of them in the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) limits, between June and July this year. However, when contacted, the PMC health department was found to be unaware of the two casualties ? one from Koregaon Park and another from Lohiyanagar.

Notably, the civic body had reported zero malaria deaths during March 2008-April 2009 and April 2009-March 2010.

According to officials from the medical record section of the Sassoon hospital, four malaria deaths occurred at the hospital since June. Ramdas Prasad of Narhegaon in Katraj died of malaria on June 26, while Adisur K Sarkar (14) of Koregaon Park succumbed to cerebral malaria in the same month.
Jayshree Bhiku Jaygude (35) of Wai in Satara district died due to the vivax strain of malaria, which was till recently considered mild and not life-threatening, on July 3. Datta Laxman (42) of Lohiynagar died due to cerebral malaria on July 10.

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Malaria claims two more lives, July toll 13

MUMBAI: Two more people - a 45-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman - died of malaria in the city on Sunday and Monday, taking the death toll to 13 this month.

The man, a resident of Worli, was hospitalised on July 19 and succumbed to the disease on Sunday.

According to the BMC report, he was an alcoholic and thus could not be saved.

The woman was a resident of Sewri. She was admitted to hospital on Sunday with high fever and died on Monday. The total number of deaths due to monsoon-related ailments has reached 21 this month.

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Malaria claims another life in city

A 52-year-old man from Jogeshwari died of malaria on Saturday, taking the toll to 33 this month. The patient had been admitted to hospital since August 17. On Monday, public hospitals admitted more than 131 malaria patients and more than 4,310 people have been admitted so far. Manisha
Mhaiskar, additional municipal commissioner (health), met with building proposal officials on Monday to discuss malaria prevention measures at construction sites.

?We stressed on the importance of maintaining hygiene and having a doctor on building sites,? said Mhaiskar. Four people also tested positive for swine flu on Monday, taking the total number of H1N1 cases this month to 184. Public hospitals reported 438 cases of fever, 45 cases of gastroenteritis and five cases of dengue on Monday.

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Malaria threat not over: Medics

MUMBAI: Two more Mumbaikars succumbed to malaria on Thursday, taking the monsoon-related death toll this month to 52, 43 of which are due to malaria.

While a 58-year-old man from Worli who was admitted and died due to malaria on Thursday, another 55-year-old man from Govandi admitted on Monday, died on Thursday. These recent deaths take the total monsoon-related casualties to 87 from June this year, out of which 66 Mumbaikars have died due to malaria. But if last year's statistics are taken into consideration, then this year hasn't been much worse, say civic officials. "A total of 70 people died due to monsoon ailments last August, 39 of which succumbed to malaria,'' said a civic official.

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