{
  "id": 1531433,
  "title": "Mumbai Monsoon Health Alert: Malaria Cases Rise 11.4%, H1N1 Surges Over Fourfold As Dengue And Covid Decline",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/mumbai-monsoon-health-alert-malaria-cases-rise-11-4-h1n1-surges-over",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-17T16:50:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-monsoon-health-alert-malaria-cases-rise-114-h1n1-surges-over-fourfold-as-dengue-and-covid-decline"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Mumbai: Malaria cases in Mumbai have increased by 11.4% during the monsoon this year, while H1N1 (swine flu) cases have surged by 329.2%, according to data released by the BMC’s Infectious Disease Control Cell on Monday. At the same time, cases of dengue, chikungunya, leptospirosis, gastroenteritis and Covid-19 have declined compared to the corresponding period last year. Mumbai Records Over…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}