As dengue has started rearing its head and creating fear that the vector-borne illness is likely to affect a large segment of population in coming weeks, mosquitoes carrying malaria pathogens seemed to have expanded their range with reports of more than a hundred cases in a day being reported at one major tertiary care public sector hospital of the metropolis, sources told media.
Information gathered from different healthcare facilities reveal that malaria has become a major source of concern over the past few months, affecting hundreds of people in the city and that the official figures do not reflect the reality.