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June 10, 2024. Dengue in Kerala, India. 9,770 cases and 37 deaths in 2023

June 10, 2024

According to a recent official report, the state Kerala V India 2023 will see the highest number of cases and deaths due to dengue from the country. State registered 9770 cases And 37 deaths last year. The number of dengue cases in Kerala doubled in 2023 from 4,432 in 2022 (with 29 deaths, Kerala ranked fifth among states in 2022).

Unsatisfactory sanitary conditions are one of the reasons for the spread of the disease.

Uttarakhand ranked second in the list of dengue deaths with 14 deaths, followed by Bihar (7).

Kerala is at high risk of infectious diseases due to multiple factors. Climate change, especially intermittent rainfall, coupled with inadequate waste management and rapid urbanization, potentially increases the likelihood of mosquito breeding, thereby increasing the incidence of dengue fever and chikungunya.

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India traditionally ranks second in the world in the number of dengue fever cases.

- Status report:
  - 2024. May 19 Tamil Nadu: 4,000 cases and 1 death; May 12 106 cases in Assam this year; 30 April Udupi, Karnataka.
  - 2023. 94,198 cases and 91 deaths (Local official sources * As of September 17) December 22 234,427 cases; November 26 Tamil Nadu – 6,777 cases; November 19. Punjab: over 11,000 cases; October 31 case rise Delhi October 14 Bhopal; October 2 Jharkhand, 1,534 this year, mostly in East Singhbtum.; September Jharkhand 40 cases September Mumbai 700 cases in 15 days; July Noida, Uttar Pradesh; July, Kerala, serotype 2; June, Kerala: 7 deaths
  - 2022. 233,251 cases and 303 deaths (Local Officials) September Delhi; February Delhi
  - 2021. 193,245 cases and 346 deaths (Local official sources) November Delhi
  - 2020. 44,585 cases and 56 deaths (Local official sources)
  - 2019. 157,315 cases and 166 deaths (Local official sources) October
  - 2018. 101,192 cases and 172 deaths (Local official sources)