In last ten days, they have surveyed 16 lakh houses out of which some houses have been surveyed twice and thrice. In the first round of surveillance, it has been found that south zone has maximum suspected patients after the survey of 2,66,408 houses. Nikol is the most affected ward in the city due to H1N1 as total 114 cases have been reported including one death case. In other wards, Naroda reported 50 cases including two deaths, Bapunagar reported 46 cases including three deaths among others. We are doing door to door survey for early detection which has helped a lot to prevent further cases," said Mukesh Kumar, municipal commissioner, Ahmedabad.

Source: dna August 22, 2017 02:48 UTC