Summary:
Dr Padmaja Keskar, BMC's executive health officer, the public health department was not available to comment. The total number of diarrhea cases has fallen since the past five years across the city. While around 1,15,845 cases were reported in 2014, around 95,535 cases were reported in 2018. "If we look at the number of questions asked by public health committee councillors, the focus was mainly on infrastructure. While K/East ward recorded the highest number of dengue cases (205), F/South ward tops the list for the most number of malaria cases (679)..