Gurgaon tops in dengue cases in Haryana

A total of 55 cases of dengue have been reported so far this year in Gurgaon, once more making it the topper in Haryana in terms of incidence of the vector-borne disease, health officials said today.
Unlike last year, when dengue cases were registered only at the beginning October, this year the outbreak was reported earlier.
A girl is suspected to have succumbed to the disease a few days back in Karnal although health officials are awaiting final test reports.
"A maximum of 55 cases of dengue have been reported in Gurgaon, two in Faridabad and one each in Karnal, Rohtak, Hisar and Panchkula districts," the state's Director General of Health Services, Dr Narinder Kumar Arora, told PTI over the phone.

The current spell of dengue might not last long and his department was taking steps to prevent and monitor vector-borne diseases, Arora said.
He said that the department had been spreading awareness about the disease and urging people to avoid improper storage of water. Fogging is being carried out in the areas where dengue cases have been reported.

In 2008, a total of 1,159 confirmed cases of dengue were reported in the state and there were nine deaths due to the disease.
In 2009 though only 125 cases of confirmed dengue were reported, health officials said.
But in 2010, there were 866 confirmed dengue cases in the state with 21 deaths out of which Gurgaon alone accounted for 631 cases and 13 deaths.

In 2011, only 267 cases with three deaths were reported in the state, they said.