According to the health department, a whopping one lakh plus tests were conducted in the state for dengue symptoms this year of which more than 40 per cent tests being done in Bengaluru. As many as 1,038 cases of dengue are reported in Bengaluru alone in 2021. In the month of November, 117 persons tested positive. After Bengaluru, Shivamogga district reported 393, followed by Kalaburgi (386), Udupi (312) and Koppal (278), health department sources explain.Incessant rains, water stagnation points, pits, and garbage dumps have been leading to breeding of mosquitoes, causing dengue, explain health department officials.Five deaths due to dengue fever were reported in October from Dakshina Kannada, Chamarajanagar, Ramanagara districts.The Health department has taken up precautionary measures to tackle the situation in coordination with National Vector Borne Disease Control Programmes (NVBDCP) and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).
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