The vector borne diseases in the state capital has claimed one more life on Friday, while two others succumbed in Howrah and South 24 Parganas.

Kishore Roy (50), a resident of 47/2A, Nandaram Sen Street in Ward 9, died of nasty malaria at Marwari Relief Society Hospital on Friday morning.

However, senior officials of Kolkata Municipal Corporation’s health department refused to admit that Roy had died due to malaria.

Commenting over Roy’s death, Chief Municipal Health Officer (CMHO) Deb Dwaipayan Chattopadhay said, “He was infected with malaria in Bihar but died in Kolkata. He has several other complications and malaria is not only the reason of his death.” He said that the authorities are doing their best to control the disease. But it was still spreading.

However, the blood tests conducted at a local malaria health clinic confirmed the presence of plasmodium falciparum in Roy’s blood.

With Roy’s death, the death toll of vector-borne diseases, including ‘unknown fever’ deaths, reached to over 30 in the city. The situation is deteriorating with each passing day.

In Howrah, a Lakshmi Kanta Hazra (41), a resident of Haat Lane in Ward 27 of the Howrah Municipal Corporation, was admitted to a north Kolkata nursing home with malignant malaria a couple of days ago, died on Friday morning.

In South 24 Parganas, Amar Patra (35), a resident of Kulpi, died of dengue in the SSKM hospital. He had been suffering from high fever for the last few days. The blood report confirmed the presence of the dengue germ. Speaking on this, CMHO Sachhidananda Sarkar said, “I am yet to receive the reports of the health centre, where the blood sample of the deceased was tested.”

According to a report, nearly 600 people have been affected by the virus while four have died in the state.