The monsoon-related diseases report released by the Public Health Department’s Epidemic Cell of the BMC stated that 2875 cases of Malaria have been reported between January and June 2025 as against the 2055 cases reported between January and June 2024 — a rise of 39 per cent.

“The single month of June only reported 802 cases of Malaria. This is an unusual number for June. We generally see such high numbers in July and August when the city experiences heavy rainfall. However, as the monsoon entered from April-end this year, the cases started rising from June itself,” said Dr Daksha Shah, executive health officer of BMC. Chikungunya cases have also risen from 21 to 136 in the same period.

Apart, there has been a rise in gastro cases as well, with 4513 cases reported in H1 2025 against the 4200 cases reported in H1 2024. “People generally reduce their intake of outside food from June-end or July when showers intensify. However, since this year’s rains began earlier, those with low immunity must have been attacked by the bacteria, resulting in a rise in the number of gastro cases in June itself,” said general physician Dr Harshada Padsarkar.