No new dengue death in WB: official

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Press Trust of India Kolkata
Last Updated : Aug 14 2016 | 8:07 PM IST
There is no reports of any dengue death in West Bengal in the last 24 hours, though the number of people infected by the vector-borne virus rose to 2,793.
So far, 15 people have died of dengue in the state, mostly from the North 24-Parganas and Hooghly districts, state Director of Health Services Biswaranjan Satpathy told PTI.
Though there was a report of death of a 32-year-old woman in south Dum Dum area in northern part of the metropolis, Satpathy said, "we are waiting for a confirmation whether it was a dengue death or not".
Dengue infection and death have been reported also from districts like Malda, Nadia, Darjeeling, and South 24-Parganas.

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First Published: Aug 14 2016 | 8:07 PM IST

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