Malaria, dengue, Covid cases double in July

Malaria cases in Mumbai more than doubled from 655 in June to 1,380 in July, according to BMC's monthly disease surveillance report.

Leptospirosis cases rose from 33 to 78 and Covid-19 from 27 to 58 in the same period.

Dengue cases increased from 266 to 466, gastroenteritis from 603 to 851, and H1N1 from 58 to 105 from June to July.

BMC's executive health officer Dr Daksha Shah attributed the spike to monsoon season, with July and August being peak months for vector-borne illnesses.

BMC intensified containment measures, surveying 659,316 households and collecting 75,650 blood samples in July.