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Chikungunya cases in Maharashtra recorded from January to July this year have more than doubled with 875 cases, as against 363 recorded in the corresponding period last year, according to the state health department data. While the dengue case count for the same period remains similar to last year, there has been a rise in malaria cases this year, the data says. This year 3,736 cases of dengue were reported in Maharashtra while it was 3,164 cases and four deaths last year. The state clocked 5,300 cases of malaria from January to July this year and three deaths as compared to 4,867 cases and 2 deaths in the corresponding period last year. Pune leads the state’s tally of highest number of chikungunya cases this season with at least 83 confirmed cases. It is followed by 82 in Kolhapur, 57 in Akola and 55 in Sangli-Miraj. Festive offer “While no death has been reported in the state due to chikungunya, there has been one death due to dengue viral infection,” Mahendra Jagtap, state e...