Delhi: October sees more than 900 dengue cases, total 2022 numbers jump to 1,876

Delhi reported over 900 cases of dengue in October, according to numbers made available by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) today.

October's tally took the capital's total infection numbers to 1,876 so far in 2022. October's 939 cases (till October 19) were nearly half of the total number of this year's cases.

It may be noted here that symptoms of vector-borne diseases include high fever, headache, rash and muscle and joint pain, which are quite similar to that of Covid which also include fever or chills, muscle or body aches, fatigue and headache among others.


As per MCD's data, Delhi registered 23 dengue cases in January, 16 in February, 22 in March, 20 in April, 30 in May, 32 in June, 26 in July and 75 in August.

No death has been reported so far this year. In 2021, dengue had claimed 23 lives in the city.

Out of the total reported cases, 693 were reported in September.

The city has also seen 194 cases of malaria and 38 cases of chikungunya this year.

Till October 12, dengue infections were at 1,572. In the week that followed, more than 300 new cases were logged.

This is also the highest number of dengue cases during the January 1-October 19 period since 2017.

In 2015, the capital city had witnessed a massive dengue outbreak, with the number of cases climbing above 10,600 by October. That was the city's worst dengue outbreak since 1996.

Last year, the city had 9,613 dengue cases.

Instances of breeding of mosquito larvae has been found at 1,51,386 households this year till October 19, the MCD report showed.