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Delhi Malaria, Chikungunya Hit 5-Year High as Punjab Dengue Cases Climb

Control efforts face strikes, incomplete patient addresses, crowded hospitals.

A city corporation worker uses a fumigator to control the spread of mosquitoes, as the number of dengue infected patients increases, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 14, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
People sleep using mosquito nets, following a surge of dengue-infected patients, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
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Overview

  • Delhi’s civic data shows 431 malaria and 75 chikungunya cases this year, the highest for the period in five years, with dengue rising to 840 after 81 new infections last week.
  • MCD recorded 60 new malaria and 14 new chikungunya cases in the latest week, alongside persistent dengue transmission across zones including Central, Najafgarh, Rohini, Karol Bagh and West.
  • Surveillance gaps are widening, with 122 new dengue patients from the last week untraced and earlier reports noting hundreds of cases with incomplete or unverifiable addresses.
  • Ground operations in Delhi have been curtailed by a continuing strike by Domestic Mosquito Breeding Checkers and other field staff, even as recent showers sustain large numbers of breeding sites.
  • Punjab reported 1,557 dengue cases province-wide, Rawalpindi confirmed 22 new cases to reach 815 with no deaths, Lahore hospitals flagged crowding and test shortages, and India’s Patiala district logged 250 cases after fresh rain.