Dengue death toll rises to 37 in New Delhi

New Delhi, Oct 19: The dengue death toll in Delhi rose to 37 with the death of two more patients at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) early today.

Sixty-five year old Riyaz from Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh died at 0035 hrs while Yashpal Singh from Delhi's Palam area died at 0210 hrs.

AIIMS Medical Superintendent Dr D K Sharma said 53 fresh admissions had been made in the institute in the past 24 hours till 1000 hrs while 49 patients were discharged. In all 180 patients had been admitted in the institute.

Dr Sharma said 125 suspected dengue patients are under observation in AIIMS.

The total number of reported cases in the viral disease has soared to 1,731.

''The disease is not abating. We are getting a constant stream of people in AIIMS. The numbers are on the rise,'' Dr Sharma said.

More than 20,000 patients have been screened at the AIIMS emergency OPD since October 3, doctors said.

The hospital is conducting about 1,600 platelet-counting tests daily with the help of four separator machines, functioning round-the-clock.

Doctors at the premier healthcare institute are struggling to keep pace with the dengue deluge and only emergency and dengue patients are being admitted to the hospital.

UNI

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