<p class="bodytext">A 12-year-old girl from Vankaya camp in TB dam site died of suspected dengue fever at Davangere’s Bapuji hospital on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Jahnavi N, a Class 7 student of Vignaan e-Techno School in Hosapete, complained of high fever on Monday. She was rushed to a private hospital before being referred to the Davangere hospital, where she failed to respond to treatment and died the following day.</p>.Dengue cases in Dakshina Kannada on the rise; 198 infections since January.<p class="bodytext">District Health Officer Dr Shankar Naik told <span class="italic">DH</span>, “The death of a girl at TB Dam due to dengue is yet to be confirmed. The preliminary report has returned negative for dengue. However, the fever resulted in a significant drop in the white blood cells count. We will get to know the exact cause of death only after the Elise test.”</p>
<p class="bodytext">A 12-year-old girl from Vankaya camp in TB dam site died of suspected dengue fever at Davangere’s Bapuji hospital on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Jahnavi N, a Class 7 student of Vignaan e-Techno School in Hosapete, complained of high fever on Monday. She was rushed to a private hospital before being referred to the Davangere hospital, where she failed to respond to treatment and died the following day.</p>.Dengue cases in Dakshina Kannada on the rise; 198 infections since January.<p class="bodytext">District Health Officer Dr Shankar Naik told <span class="italic">DH</span>, “The death of a girl at TB Dam due to dengue is yet to be confirmed. The preliminary report has returned negative for dengue. However, the fever resulted in a significant drop in the white blood cells count. We will get to know the exact cause of death only after the Elise test.”</p>
