An outbreak of dengue virus has claimed 133 lives across India with nearly 10,000 people hit by the mosquito-borne illnesses, the health ministry said on Friday.
"A total number of 8,088 cases and 133 deaths have been reported from India as a whole," a government statement said.
Another 1,674 people were suffering from chikungunya disease which, like dengue, is transmitted to humans through bites of the Aedes mosquitoes during the rainy season.