Chandigarh, 3rd October 2016: Today 23 cases of Dengue have been reported from various health
institutions which includes 14 new cases and 9 confirmed amongst probable cases
(till the release of press note) which brings the total number of Dengue cases
to 444 in the city. No fresh cases of Chikungunya have
been reported by GMCH 32 and PGIMER. The details of 60 cases of Chikungunya detected in Chandigarh is; 16
imported, 17 wrong address and 27 from Chandigarh.
To
further strengthen the preventive activities, daily fumigation is being carried
out alongwith strengthening of field activities which includes mass awareness,
checking of breeding sources like coolers, containers, tyres and other sources.
Today under dengue drive
Sr.No
|
Checked
|
Checked
|
Found positive ( for mosquitoes
larvae)
|
1
|
Total number of houses
|
6242
|
|
2
|
Total number of coolers
|
2569
|
61
|
3
|
Total number of containers
|
8634
|
39
|
4
|
Total numbers of overhead tanks
|
3828
|
4
|
5
|
Total large water bodies
|
171
|
|
6
|
Total notices issued
|
29
|
|
Free Dengue testing facility is
available at Department of Virology, PGIMER Chandigarh, Department of
Microbiology GMCH-32, GMSH-16 and District Priority Lab (IDSP) at Civil
Hospital Manimajra.
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