AHMEDABAD: Various hospitals in the city have recorded a total of 1,820 cases of dengue during January to October 9 this year, alarmingly up by 321% from 432 cases registered in the whole of 2020 in the city.
Dengue cases in the city in Jan-Oct period last year stood at 359.
Hospitals registered 914 chikungunya cases in the city in the same period against 923 cases in the entire last year.
Chikungunya cases in Jan-Oct period last year stood at 587.
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s (AMC) health department data shows malaria cases in the city between January and October 9 stood at 769, up 34% from 571 in the same period last year. City hospitals in the same period recorded 73 cases of falciparum malaria, up 46% from 50 cases registered in the same period last year.
Health department official said that teams have collected 33,327 blood samples till October 9 this year against 87,815 samples in entire October last year.
Waterborne diseases have also registered a rise in this period, showed AMC figures. As many as 1,622 cases of typhoid were registered in January to October 9 period against 1,131 cases in the first 10 months last year.
A civic body official said that the solid waste management department has approved tenders to clean up 37 lakes where mosquito breeding is possible. The lakes to be cleaned include Vastrapur lake in Bodakdev, Thaltej lake, Gota lake and the lake near RC Technical Polytechnic in Gota, Malav lake in Vasana and Chandola lake in Danilimda.
