The spike in the incidence of viral fevers and dengue across the district over the last few weeks has become a cause of worry for the district administration. The number of patients with viral fever symptoms like cold, cough, throat pain, body pain and high fever has increased at both government and private hospitals
across the district.
According to Medical and Health Department officials, 8,246 people have been affected by fever so far in the district and of them 7291 have already recovered and 955 are undergoing treatment at various government hospitals. In fact, 3598 cases were reported in the last one week..