Dengue cases in West Bengal decline to 14,634 this year
State health minister Sharadwat Mukherjee said cumulative dengue cases in the state have dropped compared to the same period in 2025.
Dengue cases in West Bengal have declined by more than 2,000 this year compared to 2025, according to Telegraph India.
State Health and Family Welfare Minister Sharadwat Mukherjee said on Wednesday that cumulative dengue cases stood at 14,634 after the 44th week in 2026, down from 17,032 in 2025.
Mukherjee stated that the Centre acknowledged the state's systemic activities, supervision, and monitoring of Vector Borne Diseases (VBD) programmes after representatives from the health department answered questions during a recent review.
The National Centre for Vector Borne Diseases, under the Union health ministry, met last Friday to review the dengue situation in states classified as having a high burden of the disease.
In September, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said 61 of the 144 Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) wards reported no dengue cases this year, while 12 other wards reported only a handful of infections.
A senior KMC official said that by the end of September, KMC wards had reported 539 dengue cases, which was 46 fewer than the same period last year, representing a drop of almost 8 per cent.