New Delhi, September 17: The national capital remained firmly in the grip of dengue with 68 more patients testing positive for the vector-borne disease on Friday, taking the total number of cases to 2,153.
The capital has reported five dengue deaths this season.
During the same period last year, the number of cases of the vector-borne disease in the city was only 18 while it was 294 and 52 in the corresponding periods in 2008 and 2007.
South Delhi continued to be worst-affected this season recording 335 cases, followed by MCD Civil Lines Zone (299), Central Zone (279) and Rohini (246).
The civic bodies are attributing the rapid increase in dengue cases this season to prolonged monsoon and stagnation of water at Commonwealth Games construction sites.
—Agencies