Dengue has reached alarming proportions in West Bengal, with the total number of affected people crossing the 50,000 mark.
Two more dengue deaths were reported in the state on Monday. With these, the vector-borne disease has claimed around 60 lives since JuneJuly, according to unofficial sources.
As many as 56,707 cases have been recorded to date, with over 10,000 being affected in the last seven days, till Sunday evening, as per statistics available with the health department. Although the health department has not revealed any figures on dengue-related deaths till now, unofficial estimates put the casualties at 60.
On Friday, three patients including two women died of dengue at the state-run Infectious Disease (ID) Hospital in Beliaghata.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة October 10, 2023 من The Statesman.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة October 10, 2023 من The Statesman.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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