17 October,2012 11:52 AM IST | | Agencies
According to officials in the health department, 762 persons tested positive from January to September 2012 for the disease. As many as 139 localities especially in urban and semi- urban areas were affected.u00a0
There were 7,608 suspected cases and 6,195 serum samples were examined. The most affected was Mumbai where 504 patients tested positive and three deaths were reported. Whereas in Kolhapur district, there were 35 positive cases out of which two deaths were reported.
Raigad district saw 26 positive cases and one death. Nashik district reported 16 positive cases and two deaths. Pimpri Chinchwad reported 22 positive cases and one death.
Kalyan saw four positive cases and two deaths. Mira Bhayander reported two cases and both were fatal. While in Bhiwandi, there was one case reported and the patient died.
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In Pune, there were 12 cases and in Thane five. In Washim, Amravati and Buldhana districts, one death each was reported. In Malegaon, there was one death.
In 2011, 280 localities were affected and there were 9180 suspected cases. As many as 5931 serum samples were tested out of which 1138 were tested positive. Last year 25 deaths were reported.
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