GANDAKI, Nov 16: Gandaki province has reported 18,339 dengue cases in the last 10 months. The Ministry of Health of the provincial government stated that eight people died due to the infection. The first casualty of dengue was a 48-year-old man from Tanahun who died on July 25, 2024.
Since then, a 40-year-old man died due to dengue on August 6 and a 52-year-old woman died on August 15 in Kaski while a 61-year-old man died in Myagdi on September 4. Similarly, four women, aged 81, 70, 75 and 26 died due to dengue in Kaski on September 6, September 18, September 30 and October 20, respectively, the Ministry stated.
Dengue kills three people in Gandaki in three weeks
During this period the highest number of dengue cases at 8,979 were reported in Kaski and the lowest cases – six – in Manang district in the province during this period, said Prashanta Raj Sharma, the Information Officer at the Ministry.
According to Sharma, dengue was confirmed in 8,858 persons in Pokhara Metropolitan City, the province capital, alone. He said 12 local levels in the province are so far unaffected by the disease.
