India, Oct. 21 -- The city has reported its first suspected dengue death of the year after a nine-year-old girl from Khese Park in Lohegaon died at Ruby Hall Clinic (RHC) on Sunday, October 18. The class 4 student's death will be reviewed by the civic health audit committee, as her dengue test was positive on a non-ELISA NS1 antigen test.

"The case will be treated as a suspected dengue fatality until the health audit committee confirms the cause of death," said Dr Rajesh Dighe, assistant health chief of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC). The civic body has sought the girl's treatment records and test reports from RHC for further investigation, and the same will be eventually submitted to the state government.

The girl developed a fev...