AIZAWL: Despite the declining rate of malaria death over the past few years, at least five people have died of the mosquito-borne disease between January and July this year in Mizoram, officials of the state health department said.
The officials said that 12,290 people contracted Malaria from January to July and 5 of them have succumbed to the mosquito-borne disease.
All the victims hailed from south Mizoram’s Lawngtlai district, they said.
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Of the 12,290 infected people, 6,349 tested positive for Malaria PF, they said.
The National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) of Mizoram Health and Family Welfare Department on Tuesday held a meeting to review the status of Malaria, Dengue and Chikungunya infections in the state for seven months between January and July.
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The meeting pointed out that Malaria PV cases have increased this year as compared to the previous years.
At least 267 people have contracted Dengue and 3 Chikungunya cases have been reported in the state since January, the meeting said.
The meeting also pointed out that Malaria cases are more common or high in four border districts- Lawngtlai, Lunglei, Mamit and Siaha, which share borders with Bangladesh and Myanmar.