Dengue death toll rises to 5 in Cuttack

With the death of one more dengue patient at the SCB Medical College and Hospital here on Sunday, the mosquito-borne disease has claimed five lives in Cuttack in the past six months.

Hospital sources said one Soumya Ranjan Naik (18) of neighboring Jagatsingpur district was admitted here with dengue on Thursday last.

"As the patient's condition was critical, he was undergoing treatment with special care in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). But he died on Sunday morning," the sources said.

At present, 92 dengue patients are undergoing treatment at the special dengue ward of the SCB Medical College and Hospital here.

Seventeen others, whose conditions are stated to be critical, are undergoing treatment for dengue in the ICU.