Jammu, Oct 28: Dengue has reached its peak in Jammu region and now its curve has started flattening, demonstrating a marginal decline. Jammu division has recorded over 4500 cases and has also reported one death during 2024, as of now. Out of this count, Jammu district has registered around 63 percent cases.
“Situation is not alarming. We are well in control of the situation. All the preparations are well in place.
As per previous few years’ experience, cases decrease after peak in October. There has been only one death so far as against 6 deaths in the same period during last year. Even in this case, the patient reported to hospital during an advanced stage of disease,” stated Dr D J Raina, State Malariologist, J&K, while responding to Greater Kashmir queries about updated status of dengue cases in the region.
2023 had seen ten deaths on account of dengue across Jammu division. Six deaths had occurred during the period from January, 2023 to October, 2023. “A comparison of week-wise data shows that it reached its peak in the week ending October 13, 2024.
The curve has started flattening with 745 cases in week ending on October 13, 2024 followed by 736 cases in week ending on October 20 and 734 cases on week ending on October 27, with a marginal decreasing trend,” Dr Raina explained graph of dengue cases, using comparative statistics. He asserted that the situation should not be read as alarming. “Cases are marginally on the lower side as compared to the statistics .
