The onset of winter may reduce dengue cases in the national capital. Health officials say a fall in temperature will affect the breeding of mosquitoes.
"We are expecting a drop in the dengue cases in coming days due to fall in maximum and minimum temperatures. The dip in mercury prevents the breeding of mosquitoes," Debashish Bhattacharya, nodal officer for dengue cases, told IANS.
The national capital reported 39 new dengue cases Friday, taking the number of people affected by the vector-borne disease in the capital to 749.
Two deaths due to dengue have been recorded, a 15-year-old boy and a nine-year-old boy.
According to Bhattacharya, the civic authorities have also initiated a crackdown by imposing fines on people for allowing water to stagnate, which leads to the breeding of mosquitoes that act as carriers of the disease.