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MCD braces for fresh dengue outbreak

New Delhi: The MCD fears the cases of dengue will be rising to a great extent in the city in the coming days due to the sporadic rain. Its field staff was at work this weekend for the first time this season. It might be working other weekends also this month if the number of cases reported over the week rise drastically. Till Saturday, 136 dengue cases had been reported with one death taking place in the Delhi Cantonment area. Significantly, only 20 cases of dengue had been reported in the city for the same period last year.