With the arrival of rains, monsoon-related ailment figures in the city are also going up. Cases of Hepatitis A and E have gone up by 131 per cent in June, as compared to the corresponding period last year. Similarly, gastroenteritis cases have gone up by 77 per cent and dengue cases have doubled during the same period. The civic health department has cautioned Mumbaikars about the rise in such diseases while health experts have urged people to not self-medicate as the symptoms are similar to that of COVID-19. 

According to the data from Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s epidemiology cell, there were 180 cases of gastro, 12 cases of dengue and 19 cases of hepatitis in June last year. But this year, the numbers have gone up to 319 for gastro, 22 for dengue and 44 for hepatitis till June 19. This city also saw a case of chikungunya, 189 cases of malaria and two cases of H1n1 this June.