The state has seen a drastic decline in the number of deaths caused by vector-borne diseases in the financial year 2018-2019 compared to the fiscal year before that. Health department officials say this has been possible thanks to growing awareness and timely treatment.

According to the Directorate of Health Services (DHS) data, there has been a 36 per cent drop in death cases in the last fiscal. The DHS recorded a total of 33,453 cases of vector-borne diseases and 863 deaths in 2017-18, while in 2018-19, it has recorded 26,669 cases and 548 deaths.