World News | Dengue Outbreak Claims 51 Lives in Nepal
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Over 50 people have died and more than 42,500 tested positive for the dengue virus in Nepal which has been experiencing a surge in cases since July when the first infections were reported.
Kathmandu, Oct 21 (PTI) Over 50 people have died and more than 42,500 tested positive for the dengue virus in Nepal which has been experiencing a surge in cases since July when the first infections were reported.
According to the data released by the Ministry of Health and Population, a total of 42,504 people have caught the disease as of Thursday. The mosquito-borne viral disease infected an additional 761 people in the past 24 hours.
With the death of two more people in the past 24 hours, the dengue death toll across Nepal has reached 51, the ministry said.
The disease, which started in mid-July has now spread to all 77 districts across Nepal. Dengue cases have increased since July coinciding with the rainy season with majority of the cases reported during September (83.6 per cent).
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According to the World Health Organisation, Nepal reported its first dengue case in a traveller returning from India in 2004. Since then, dengue has been endemic in Nepal.
The highest number of new cases in 2022 have been reported in the districts of Kathmandu (33.8 per cent), Lalitpur (23.2 per cent), and Makwanpur (9.8 per cent).
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