Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 24: Five fresh cases of dengue were reported today in Jammu region, taking the number of people affected with this vector-borne disease so far this season to 370.
According to official sources, as on today a total of 2266 patients have been tested for dengue out of which 370 cases have been found positive and reports of 1731 have been found negative while result of 165 samples are still awaited. “No death has been reported due to dengue so far”, they added.
Elaborating more, sources said that out of 370 dengue cases, maximum 302 have been reported in Jammu district followed by 28 in Samba, 14 in Kathua, seven in Rajouri, six each in Udhampur and Doda, three in Poonch and one each in Reasi, Ramban and Kishtwar districts.
They further revealed that out of these 370 dengue patients, 247 were adults (161 males and 86 females) and 123 were children (74 males and 49 females).
“So far dengue has not claimed any life in Jammu region and most of the patients affected with the disease have returned to their homes after successful treatment in various hospitals”, they added.
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