Amid Covid 19 cases in Delhi-NCR, the surge in viral cases has been reported among children in various hospitals of Noida. More than 50 per cent of cases in OPDs are of viral fever in children. The number of children affected with viral fever is also raising in hospitals in Delhi.
"At least 50-55 per cent of patients are complaining about fever. Our institution has been seeing five-seven dengue cases per day in the OPD. Its seasonal fever that happens every year," said Dr Jyotsna Madan, acting director, Child PGI, Noida.
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According to Dr Rakesh Gupta, director of GIMS, Noida, "The total number of children with viral fever admitted in the hospital are six and one case is of dengue." "We are getting almost 30 patients daily in OPD with complaints of viral fever," he added.
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Recently, a Central team visited Firozabad district and observed that a majority of the cases are due to dengue while a few are because of scrub typhus and leptospirosis.
-PTC News
