Aizawl: At least 132 people have been infected with dengue in
Mizoram from January 1 till April 30 this year.
The virus has claimed seven lives in the state from 2019-2023. Altogether 4,209 people were infected with it during the period, officials of the state vector-borne disease control programme said during a programme to mark National Dengue Day on Thursday.
The seven who died of dengue were from Aizawl.
Five of them lost the battle to dengue in 2022, while two others succumbed to it the next year, the officials said.
They said the most number of infections were detected in 2023 when 2,060 people were found to be infected out of 12,949 samples tested during the year.