New Delhi: Giving no respite, dengue has claimed five more lives raising the death toll to 109 across the country as 292 fresh cases of the viral disease were reported on Monday from various states, taking the number of those who have been afflicted to 5710.
While three persons succumbed to the mosquito-borne infection in Delhi overnight, one patient each died in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP), which is monitoring the spread of dengue, said.
Of the 292 new cases, 89 persons were admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and other hospitals in the national capital region.
The total number of dengue deaths in Delhi has gone up to 39 while those infected to 1637, both figures being the highest in the country.
Besides Delhi, reports of fresh cases of the disease came in from Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, the Disease Control Programme said.
Doctors have attributed majority of the deaths to delay in providing proper medical care.
On the dengue menace, a senior AIIMS doctor said "there has been an increase in the number of serious cases in the past few days in the national capital region."
The Government has released Rs 22 crore to 11 states under a scheme to contain the outbreak.
The money, which is in addition to funds released earlier, will be utilised for buying fogging machines and larvicides and launching awareness campaigns, the Disease Control Programme said.
After Delhi, the maximum number of deaths have been reported from Maharashtra where 22 people have succumbed to the viral fever and 240 cases have been detected.
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