Dengue cases spiral up in Jammu region

Jammu, Oct 6: In an alarming scenario, Dengue cases in the Jammu region have spiralled up with the Jammu district recording over 65 percent cases. As per officials, the maximum hotspots are in Kot Bhalwal block in Jammu district.

As per official statistics, the entire region has registered over 3000 cases so far, where in Jammu district has recorded over 65 percent cases of the total count.

Kot Bhalwal block, which is on Jammu's outskirts, has emerged as an area of concern by registering maximum hotspots like Muthi Gaon, Roopnagar, Vinayak Nagar, and Durganagar. Part of this block is in Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) jurisdiction. These hotspots fall within the municipal limits of the block.

“The possible reasons could be stagnation of water due to an increase in the number of under process constructions or projects, development of new slum areas as a temporary shelter for outside labourers and others. The positive aspect is that so far, no death has been recorded in the region on account of Dengue,” Dr D J Raina, State Malariologist, J&K, while sharing possible reasons with Greater Kashmir, for this upsurge in this particular stretch, stated.

Till October 5, there were 2296 cases across the Jammu region, where in Jammu district only, there were 1497 cases, which formed 65.20 percent of the total count.

Jammu district was followed by Samba with a total of 268 cases, Kathua with 216 cases, Udhampur 91 cases and Reasi district with 56 cases, as per statistics till October 5.

A total of 16620 tests for dengue (till October 5) were conducted in the region in 2024, out of which 2296 cases turned out to be positive.

In the past ten days, September 27 saw the maximum positive cases (153), followed by September 30, when 139 positive cases were reported. On October 3, 130 positive cases in the region were registered out of 578 tests conducted. On October 4, 108 cases were recorded.

On October 5, cases registered a slight dip as out of 487 tests conducted, only 96 turned out to be positive. 65 positive cases were in Jammu district.