SRINAGAR : Dengue cases are on the rise in Jammu and Kashmir with 1,142 infections reported so far this year, health officials confirmed on Thursday. Follow Us On G -N e w s | Whatsapp

An official said that the cases include 467 from Jammu, 95 from Samba, 338 from Kathua, 106 from Udhampur, 23 from Reasi, 43 from Rajouri, 12 from Poonch, 14 from Doda, 10 from Ramban, one from Kishtwar, 14 from Kashmir, and 19 from other states.

He said a total of 15,207 tests have been conducted this year. Of the confirmed patients, only 31 required hospitalisation, seven are still under treatment, while one JK resident succumbed to the disease at DMC Ludhiana.

“People must adopt preemptive measures to combat this painful mosquito-borne infection in the absence of any vaccine,” t

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