25 wards turn dengue hotspots
The Hindu
As many as 25 of the 100 wards in the Coimbatore city limits had turned dengue hot spots recently.Sources in the civic body said of the 268 dengue-positive cases reported since the start of the new ye
As many as 25 of the 100 wards in the Coimbatore city limits had turned dengue hot spots recently.
Sources in the civic body said of the 268 dengue-positive cases reported since the start of the new year, the 25 wards accounted for around 55% cases – 147.
The Corporation had identified Wards 41, 46, 40, 44 and 38 in the North Zone, 100, 86, 96, 99 and 95 in South Zone, 57, 61, 37, 56 and 66 in East Zone, 11, 18, 19, 20 and 21 in West Zone an d73, 25, 74, 80 and 82 in Central Zone to be the hot spots, the sources said and added that the numbers were of wards before the recent change.
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