Two die of dengue,toll touches 4

With two more dengue deaths,the toll in Ludhiana touched four on Tuesday while the number of patients in the district has touched 733 this season. As many as eight new patients were confirmed with dengue from different parts of the city on Tuesday.

The two dengue victims have been identified as 30-year-old Khanna and a 12-year-old girl from Giaspura. Both died in CMCH. The new patients who had been confirmed with dengue are from Dana Mandi,one each from Daad,Bharti Colony,Field Gunj,Kochar Market and Haibowal Kalan. District epidemiologist Dr Anil Verma said that the number of patients have reduced by one third due to the dip in temperature.

Health authorities have heaved a sigh of relief as the number of dengue cases have automatically reduced with the dip in temperature. Aegypti aedes mosquito that causes dengue can only survive in 25-30 degree C. The anti-larva team of the health department has also done door to door spray in the dengue patients’ houses and even 5 adjacent houses as per department records.