India, Oct. 30 -- As temperatures started dipping, the number of dengue cases have started to stabilise with Delhi registering 72 new dengue cases in the last week, taking the overall dengue case load to 1,066 cases till October 25, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)'s weekly vector borne disease report showed.

The number of weekly dengue cases has levelled off over the past three weeks, with 79, 75 and 72 infections reported in successive cycles. The report added that Delhi has not officially recorded any confirmed dengue-related deaths.

Meanwhile, the general strike by domestic breeding checkers - field workers of the public health department - completed 31 days on October 20. The impact of the strike is evident in the action ta...