The hospital has not reported any fatalities due to the vector borne disease this year, it further added.

The number of dengue cases in the first six months of the year is twice as much as the city witnessed during the same period last year; however, hospitals are ready to avoid crisis similar to what struck the national capital in 2015, when 60 people succumbed to the disease

The practice of issuing weekly data has been discontinued by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi since August last year; opposition BJP says AAP hiding dengue numbers due to upcoming elections

MCD has issued 15,000 legal notices to mosquito breeding sites across Delhi as the month of April witnessed the most number of cases for the period in last five years

A total of 129 cases of chikungunya were reported till October 21 in 2018, 132 in 2019, 74 in 2020, 73 in 2021 and 38 in 2022. Only 29 cases have been reported so far this year

According to a report from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi released on August 7, there were 348 recorded cases of dengue in the national capital until August 5.

MCD’s report, which shows a spike in the disease in the first seven months compared to the same period last year, comes as a warning to Delhi’s residents, especially the children

In the past week, Delhi has registered 105 new dengue cases, bringing the total to nearly 350, according to a report issued by the municipal corporation on Monday