A senior citizen is suspected to have become the second person to succumb to dengue in the city on July 25. The incident comes amid an unusual rise in dengue 
cases this monsoon season, with the first death reported on July 22.

The deceased, a man over 70 years of age, had been admitted to Global Hospital in Parel for about four days. According to Dr Manjusha Agarwal, a senior consultant in internal medicine at  the hospital, his death was due to a combination of three factors: his age, dengue and a history of blood thinners. “His platelet count dropped and there was bleeding in the brain, likely due to pre-existing use of blood thinners. We do not know if it was due to a fall, but the blood thinners worsened the bleeding, in addition to the dengue infection. He kept bleeding even after surgery and eventually passed away,” Dr Agarwal said.