Patiala, October 30: These days, the new variant D-2 of dengue fever has become a cause of great distress for people. The fever of a patient affected by this variant of dengue subsides after three days and he starts to consider himself healthy, but the patient's platelets start to decrease suddenly and if these platelets become less than 40 thousand, the condition may prove to be dangerous. . District Epidemiologist Dr. According to Sumit Singh, this variant was introduced in 2019 and a survey is being conducted on the mosquito. While elucidating the symptoms in patients affected by this variant, he said that the patient starts bleeding from the nose and gums, there may be blood in the latrine or vomit, or dark blue or black marks on the skin may also be symptoms. If we talk about dengue cases in Patiala, so far 749 patients have been affected, out of which 92 are active patients, 5 people have died due to dengue.