Dengue death toll at 19 in Delhi; Total cases 825

New Delhi, Oct 7 (UNI) Delhi continued to remain in the grip of dengue as the total number of reported cases increased to 825 and the death toll rose to 19 with two more patients succumbing to the viral disease at AIIMS today.

Officials said of the total cases reported till 1000 hrs this morning, 556 are from Delhi and the rest from outside.

Angoori Devi, a resident of Palval in Haryana, succumbed to dengue shock syndrome this evening, doctors said. She was admitted to the institute this morning.

Forty-two-year-old Usman Ghani, from Delhi's Gandhinagar area, died due to dengue fever at about 0430 hrs, doctors said.

In AIIMS, 44 more dengue patients, including five from the institute, were admitted in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 144.

Of the total number of dengue cases in AIIMS, 32 are from within the campus. Thirteen patients were discharged from the hospital in the last 24 hours.

More than 5,500 patients have been screened at the AIIMS emergency OPD since Tuesday.

The condition of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's two grandsons --Rohan and Madhav-- and son-in-law is stable.

''They are doing very well and their condition is stable. They will be discharged in a day or two,'' AIIMS spokesperson Shakti Gupta said.

Only emergency patients are being admitted in the institute as the hospital is struggling to keep pace with a deluge of dengue patients.

''Only those patients who need emergency medical attention are being admitted. We are facing a severe manpower and resource crunch.... Dengue patients are pouring in from all over in AIIMS but the institute does not have infrastructure to deal with this situation,'' said Dr Anil Sharma, member of the Resident Doctors' Association.

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