DIPAYAl: A total of 186 malaria patients have been found in the Sudurpaschim Province.

Health Directorate Dipayal, Rajpur said the risk of mosquito-borne disease is high in Kailai, Kanchanpur, Achham, Baitadi, Dadeldhura, and Doti districts.

Though the government efforts are on to control the disease, it continues to pose a health threat in the above-mentioned six districts, according to health workers.

As said by Province Health Directorate Dr Gunaraj Awasthi, most cases of malaria are detected in Kailali that remains as the province capital.

The number of imported cases is far higher than that of locally transmitted cases.

The local cases are just 71.

During the fiscal year 2076-77 BS, 320 cases of malaria were recorded in the Province: 255 imported and 65 local cases.RSS