Over 11,700 dengue cases reported in Tamil Nadu this year
A total of 11,743 cases of dengue have been reported in Tamil Nadu so far this year, which is the highest in the last seven years.
Four deaths have been reported in the State this year so far. As many as 205 people were reported to be infected in the last 24 hours.
The highest number of dengue cases was reported in 2017 (23,294 cases and 65 deaths), as per the National Vector Borne Diseases Control Prog.
Last year, 9,121 dengue cases and 13 deaths were reported in Tamil Nadu. The cases usually see peak after the northeast monsoon begins but the spike in the cases before the rains in concerning.
Health Minister Ma Subramanian explained that dengue cases were in control and that the fatalities were low this year, even when it was surging in several countires across the world.