Vector-borne diseases in the city have risen alarmingly between January and September as compared to the same period last year. The city registered a spike of 243% in dengue cases while chikungunya cases rose by 155% during January 21 to September 11 period this year as compared to January 20 to September 30 period last year.
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s health department data reveals that in January 21 to September 11 this year, dengue cases in the city stood at 875 against 255 cases during January 20 to September 30 period last year. Dengue cases have doubled in the first nine months this year against 432 cases in the whole of last year. Chikungunya cases in the same period this year stood at 500 against 196 last year. In the entire year of 2020, chikungunya cases stood at 932. Apart from this, the health department data showed that cases of falciparum malaria registered between January 21 and September 11 period this year stood at 50 against 35 cases in the same period last year. Malaria cases in the city rose from 436 last year to 549 this year.
Health department took a total of 42,254 blood samples so far in September against 71,154 samples in entire September last year. The civic body has collected 1,812 serum samples for dengue cases so far this month.
Waterborne disease cases have also registered a rise in this period, showed AMC figures. As many as 64 cases of cholera have been registered in the city between January 21 and September 11. There were no cholera cases last year. In the same period city’s typhoid cases went up to 1,368 from 965 last year.
Health department officials said that malaria control teams of the civic body carried out indoor residual spraying at 1,27,121 residential and 6,781 non-residential places.