Climate change responsible for 19 pc of rising dengue cases: Study
Amid record year for dengue infections globally, a new study has found that climate change is responsible for 19 per cent of rising dengue burden.
With two more deaths reported at Safdarjung hospital due to swine flu the death toll raised to 17. According to an official of the hospital one patient was of 60-years-old from Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh and while other was of 30-years-old from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.
Total 413 cases were reported among which 303 were of Delhi.
The hospital has reported 45 cases of swine flue so far. It has also reported 413 confirmed and 4310 suspected cases of dengue. Meanwhile, there are 165 confirmed cases of chikungunya reported at the hospital.
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