Though the city has been seeing a dry spell in August, the BMC’s monsoon report shows a clear rise in dengue and malaria cases this month, compared to July. While private doctors have told mid-day that the highest numbers of cases they have seen are of dengue and malaria, doctors from public hospitals also said that severe leptospirosis cases were noticed after heavy rain.

From August 1 to 27, there were 959 cases of malaria, 265 cases of leptospirosis, 742 cases of dengue, 819 of gastroenteritis, 77 cases of hepatitis, 34 cases of chikungunya, and 108 of H1N1.