Kanpur: As many as 103 cases of dengue across the district has been reported, informs Dr A Shukla, CMO on Tuesday.
According to the news reports, nine dengue cases were reported on Tuesday and out of the total 103 cases, 80 cases have been reported in the rural areas of the district.
The report also discloses that 206 and 1025 tests were conducted for dengue and malaria respectively across the district.
Meanwhile, the patients have been visiting hospitals in Kanpur with complaints of fever these days.
Speaking to reporters, the Chief Medical Superintendent of a government hospital in Kanpur Dr. Anil Nigam said that around 75-100 patients are coming to OPD with complaints of fever and 5-10 patients are being admitted daily.
"We have two patients who tested positive for dengue in the rapid testing but the same has not been confirmed in ELISA test. Effectively, there is no case of dengue in the hospital," he asserted.
Nigam informed that a couple of patients were diagnosed with typhoid or malaria and the hospital reported zero deaths due to fever. "We also have an isolation ward for fever patients and a dengue ward," he stated.
"All the 10 beds in the dengue ward are vacant and there are about 30 beds unoccupied in the isolation ward. Right now we have an occupancy of 75-80 beds and we will increase the beds if the number of patients increases," he expanded.
