19,599 dengue cases reported throughout country

Kathmandu, Oct 16: Dengue is spreading rapidly with the number of infected people reaching 19,599 throughout the country, according to the latest data of the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (EDCD).    

EDCD said nine people have died of the disease so far and it has spread in 76 districts of the country. Dengue has spread the most in Kathmandu with 3,103 cases, followed by Kaski with 2,847 vases, Tanahu with 2,107 cases and Parbat with 1,562 cases.    

Similarly, Chitwan reports 971 cases, Lalitpur 827 cases, Gorkha 588 cases, Baglung 610 cases, Bhaktapur 355 cases and Syangja 335 cases.    
Dr Sher Bahadur Pun, Research Unit Coordinator at the Shukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital Teku, said that the risk of dengue rises with the beginning of the post-monsoon period.    

According to him, the number of people suffering from dengue is increasing immediately after Dashain. This indicates that dengue is spreading at the community level.    

Dengue was confirmed in more than nearly 52 thousand people throughout the country from April 14, 2023 until January 14, 2024. Twenty people had died of the infection in that period.  (RSS)