Aede aegypti mosquitoes discovered below a stereoscope. | Photograph Credit score: Expressive Photograph
Telangana reported greater than 4,000 instances of dengue fever between April and August this yr, in response to the most recent figures launched by the Nationwide Middle for Vector Borne Ailments Management (NCVBDC), the Ministry of Well being and the Director of the Ministry of Household Welfare.
Up to date information uploaded to the NCVBDC web site by August 2025 exhibits that the state has recorded a complete of 4,296 dengue instances up to now this yr, with no reported deaths. Earlier updates masking information as much as March had tallys in 267 instances.
The spikes match the continued monsoon. Sometimes, from June to September, vector-borne and water-borne illnesses similar to dengue, malaria, cikungunia, typhoid fever, hepatitis, leptospirosis, and respiratory infections are inclined to rise as they inhale, breathe in water and meals, and ingest and reproduce meals contaminating water and contaminating water.
This nationwide stage replace is as a result of within the silence of the Telangana Well being Division on sickness numbers this yr, it has not launched any official information on dengue fever or associated diseases up to now.
Compared, in the identical interval final yr (till August 21, 2024), Telangana recorded 4,648 dengue instances, adopted by an annual tally of 10,077 by December. The earlier yr, 2023, noticed 8,016 instances, indicating the continued excessive burden of the state’s sickness.
Chikungunya’s case additionally exhibits an upward development. Based on information from the NCVBDC, Telangana recorded 252 confirmed instances of Chikungunya from 7,176 samples examined till August this yr.
