Cuttack: Dengue has spread its tentacles to 12 districts of Odisha.
While Cuttack district has topped the list with 24 cases, 8 patients have been identified in Jajpur, 6 each in Balasore and Jagatsinghpur, 5 in Nayagarh, 4 in Khurda, 3 each in Kendrapara and Bhadrak, 2 in Puri and one each in Angul, Keonjhar and Sundargarh districts.
Sources in the SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack, said sample test of 33 patients was conducted on Thursday and five were found to be infected by the victor-borne disease.
Of a total of 17 patients undergoing treatment at the special dengue ward of the SCB, four have been admitted to the ICU in a critical condition, the sources added.
Of 24 dengue patients in Cuttack, 7 patients are from Tangi and 6 from Jagatpur Industrial Estate area.
As of now, two dengue patients have died in the SCB. While Trailakyo Barik from Keonjhar district had died in the hospital on June 24, Prashant Moharana of Rupadeipur village under Balanga Police limits of Puri district had succumbed to his illness on July 11.
