The national capital may be going through its worst dengue outbreak since 2015, with over 3,000 infections and one death so far this year. However, the severity of this outbreak was obscured for seven weeks till Tuesday, as civic authorities held back dengue data from the public in view of the G20 Summit, according to statements made by councillors on the floor of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) House.

MCD ‘s public health department, in a written response to question raised by councillors, on Tuesday informed the House that Delhi has clocked 3,013 dengue cases so far this year, making this the city’s worst outbreak of the vector-borne disease since 2015. That year, Delhi logged 15,867 cases and 60 deaths in an unusual spike driven by a particularly virulent strain of the disease that spread through the city.