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Telangana Health Status: Swine Flu, Chikungunya Cases Decline; Dengue Cases up

As per the latest Health Status Indicators Report 2018 released by the Center, among the major diseases, swine flu cases saw a slight decline (from 2956 to 2165) between 2015-2017, chikungunya cases too declined from 2067 to 663 during the period in Telangana state. Dengue cases, however, saw a sharp rise during the period from 1831 to 3083 in the state. With dengue cases increasing substantially in other parts of the country, the report sounded an alert on the increasing severity of dengue.

“Dengue and chikungunya transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes are a cause of great concern to public health in India. Every year, thousands of individuals are affected and contribute to the burden of health care. Dengue outbreaks have continued since the 1950s but severity of disease has increased in the last two decades,” the report read. While no chikungunya and dengue deaths were recorded officially, 21 swine flu deaths (majority of which were in the city) were recorded during the year 2017 alone. During the year 2017, a total of 2688 dengue cases, 2165 swine flu cases and 2688 cases of malaria were recorded in the state. The 21 swine flu deaths were down from 100 deaths during the year 2015. Much like in other parts of the country, swine flu cases declined steeply from 2956 in 2015 to 166 in the year 2016 and again increased to 2165 in 2017- in the process registering an overall decline. The countrywide tread too saw a drastic increase in number of cases and deaths during the year 2015 as per the report.

“The number of cases and deaths drastically increased in the year 2015. A total of 42592 cases (across the country) were recorded during 2015. In 2016, the cases decreased to 1786 and again increased to 38811 in 2017,” read the report. Local authorities meanwhile say that swine flu deaths in the state have been prevented to a large extent due to a high detection rate and ‘is a much high accessibility to investigations’. – TOI

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