Overview

• Mumbai logged 1,411 malaria cases and 1,384 dengue cases in September, according to the BMC’s monsoon report.
• Compared with August, malaria fell from 1,553 and chikungunya dropped from 220 to 139, while dengue rose from 1,159 yet stayed below last year’s level.
• From September 15 onward, the city recorded 840 malaria cases and 979 dengue cases, reflecting a continued high caseload during festival weeks.
• The BMC surveyed 1,032,249 houses, collected 185,863 blood slides, inspected 57,518 breeding sources, detected 3,691 Anopheles and 23,794 Aedes sites, and removed 61,802 discarded items.
• Waterborne illnesses trended down, and the city ran 63 health camps, 5,341 workplace visits, fogging drives, and leptospirosis prophylaxis for 58,589 people, alongside public advisories to eliminate stagnant water and seek prompt care for fever.