Overview

• Mumbai logged 4,825 malaria cases from January to August 14 versus 4,021 a year earlier, and 328 chikungunya cases versus 210, according to BMC figures.
• Dengue declined to 1,564 cases from 1,979, with leptospirosis down to 316 from 553 and gastroenteritis down to 5,510 from 6,133; hepatitis rose to 703 from 662 and Covid-19 fell to 1,109 from 1,775.
• Civic teams surveyed 478,283 homes covering more than 2.2 million residents between August 1 and 14 and collected 79,375 blood slides for testing.
• Inspectors checked 27,600 potential breeding sites, identified 1,954 Anopheles and 9,890 Aedes breeding spots, removed 30,655 discarded items, and fogged 22,599 buildings and 341,275 huts.
• Outreach included sensitising 1,015 housing societies and 1,321 private practitioners, 32 health camps and 2,816 workplace drives, and the relaunch of Aapli Chikitsa Yojana for affordable diagnostics, with officials saying hospitalisations remain controlled and mortality low.