A 32-year-old woman from New Alipore, who was suffering from dengue, passed away at a nursing home in Lansdowne late on Friday, a Kolkata Municipal Corporation official said.
The woman was admitted to the facility on Thursday.
She passed away late on Friday.
Sushmita Datta was a resident of New Alipore’s Durgapur Colony.
A resident of the area told The Telegraph over the phone that the woman had been suffering from fever for a few days. When the fever did not subside, they took her to the nursing home.
“She was tested after she was admitted to the nursing home. She tested positive for dengue,” said the resident.
Tarak Singh, the councillor of Ward 118, the same ward where the woman lived, has also tested positive for dengue, Singh told The Telegraph on Saturday.
“I went for a test on Friday and the results came on Saturday,” he said.
KMC officials said around 1,400 people have tested positive for dengue this year.
An official said the rain, coupled with a few dry days between two spells of showers, created ideal conditions for mosquito breeding.
“People must be extremely careful and not allow any water to remain stagnant. Everyone should clean their surroundings once every seven days,” said a civic official.
“Containers where water is stored must have lids. The Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits the dengue virus, lays eggs in freshwater. The egg can turn into an adult mosquito within seven days if the water is not thrown away,” said the official of the civic body.
The KMC has asked people to undergo dengue tests if they have a fever for two days.
A civic doctor said no one should neglect fever and consult a physician if fever persists beyond two days.
