10-year-old girl from Manipur the first casualty of Dengue in Delhi this season

New Delhi: A 10-year-old girl from Manipur is the first casualty of Dengue in Delhi in the current season. The girl had been admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after contracting the illness.

The girl, who was a student at Holy Child School in the city, was suffering from high fever for almost a week but was not given proper medication. She reportedly suffered shock and haemorrhage.

Reports say many as 40 cases of dengue had been reported in Delhi in July and 11 cases were diagnosed last week.

"The girl was admitted early in the morning today with shock syndrome and haemorrhage, dangerous complications found in dengue infection. Her condition was serious despite the treatment process being initiated she could not be saved," a doctor said on Wednesday.

"An ELISA test was not conducted so it is not confirmed whether she had dengue. As of now it is a suspected case of

dengue death," the doctor said.

As per municipal norm, only ELISA test confirmed cases are taken in the official death count from the vector-borne disease. The South Delhi Municipal Corporation which also tabulates the entire dengue report for Delhi, however, said, it has "not received" any death report from any hospitals.

"We only by go by deaths where ELISA tests have been found positive. Even if a death has occurred at AIIMS today, we have not been notified by the hospital," the official said.

At least 53 cases of dengue were reported till end of July in 2015 in Delhi, the highest number for the period in the last five years, according to a municipal report on the vector-borne disease released on Monday. Of these, 36 cases were reported in July only.

The number of cases from January 1 to July 31 for the last four years are - 22 (2014), 19 (2013), 10 (2012), 25 (2011). For the same period in 2010, over 70 cases were reported.

In Delhi, out of the total 53 cases, the maximum, 20, were reported from north Delhi while east Delhi recorded the lowest number with 10 cases. 15 cases were recorded in south Delhi during the period.