noidaghaziabad the number of people affected by vectorborne diseases has been on the rise in both districts and doctors have said they are coming across several patients who have fever for at least a few days ghaziabad has reported 72 dengue cases so far this year and eight of those were detected on friday itselfin noida although the health department has not recorded a single dengue case this year according to doctors at the government institute of medical sciences gims greater noida at least two dengue patients have been to the hospital recently staffmembers at several private laboratories and hospitals who did not wish to be identified also said they have had dengue cases and some patients also needed hospitalisationwe are getting several patients with fever almost daily recently we have seen a few malaria cases and at least two dengue patients as well since these are recent incidents the official report may not have been updated yet said brigadier retired dr rakesh gupta director gimsofficials said ghaziabad had crossnotified two cases to noida recently but they are being looked into we got information from ghaziabad about two patients being admitted to yashoda and columbia asia hospitals there but we are investigating it and that is why we have not confirmed the two cases yet we have not got any reports from private hospitals so far said rajesh sharma district malaria officer gautam budh nagarall private facilities have to inform the health department and send samples for confirmation in case of notified diseases including dengue malaria and scrub typhusin noida some residents have claimed that they have dengue patients in their sectors and their tests were conducted at private laboratories at least two such cases are said to be in sector 137 and two in sector 75 the health department has to take appropriate measures in these areas said abhisht gupta from sector 137in ghaziabad the latest dengue cases were reported from pratap vihar cheeranjeevi vihar govindpuram nandgram and dasna the administration has directed civic bodies and the health department to intensify antilarvae drives and district magistrate rk singh is monitoring the patientsdistrict surveillance officer dr rk gupta said mapping of areas that have reported vectorborne diseases is being done in noida 28 malaria cases have been recorded this year which is higher than all of last year and ghaziabad has 10 cases so far officials in both districts said mandatory malaria tests are being conducted for all fever patients at government hospitals