Overview
- Local reporting said a new death in Bhagirathpura raised the suspected contamination toll to 24, with three patients on ventilator support.
- The state told the court that 440 people were hospitalised, 411 have been discharged, and 29 remain admitted after the vomiting and diarrhoea outbreak.
- Officials said contaminated water sources were identified and closed, including 51 tube wells, with tankers supplying drinking water and chlorination under way.
- A government committee’s death audit indicated 15 fatalities may be linked to the outbreak, while the CMHO’s filings did not specify a disease for seven initially listed deaths.
- The High Court received status reports and set responses due by 19 January with the next hearing on 20 January, as the chief secretary appeared via video and detailed pipeline repairs and monitoring upgrades.