Seasonal showers, dipping temperatures, mosquito breeding in stagnant water and exposure to contaminated water has led to a spurt in viral fever among city residents.
An increase in malaria cases have been reported in the hospitals. Fever hospital at Nallakunta records an average daily outpatient inflow of 1,200, while viral fever cases at Gandhi and Osmania General Hospitals are recorded somewhere around 1,000 daily.
The hot and humid weather because of deficient rainfall have triggered a viral and bacterial outbreak in the city with most clinics and hospitals reporting a spurt in common cold, influenza and pneumonia and viral gastroenteritis.
Hospital sources say that patients with symptoms of malaria and dengue are also coming to the hospitals.
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