Disease and outbreak signals in Chennai's news coverage, with the state as context for thin city-level signals.
Outbreak anxiety is easing, but health risks have carried a heavy human cost. Disease-outbreak coverage is receding, as are dengue and other tracked outbreak themes; the broader public-health category fell 2.2 points, though 21.1% of those items involved deaths.
| Signal | News Reported | Recent (2024–26) | Prior (2021–23) | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disease Outbreak | 271 | 9 | 76 | ▼ receding |
| Pandemic Outbreak | 55 | 3 | 20 | ▼ receding |
| Coronavirus Outbreak | 48 | 0 | 11 | ▼ receding |
| Viral Outbreak | 28 | 0 | 8 | ▼ receding |
| Covid Outbreak | 28 | 0 | 13 | ▼ receding |
| Dengue Outbreak | 21 | 0 | 7 | ▼ receding |
| Infection Outbreak | 18 | 0 | 1 | ▼ receding |
| Pandemic Prevention | 11 | 0 | 4 | ▼ receding |
| Pandemic Relief | 10 | 0 | 7 | ▼ receding |
| Fever Dehydration | 7 | 0 | 0 | — flat |
| Infection Treatment | 7 | 0 | 0 | — flat |
| Pandemic Response | 7 | 0 | 3 | ▼ receding |
| Viral Infection | 7 | 0 | 4 | ▼ receding |
| Infection Death | 7 | 1 | 0 | ▲ rising |
| Pandemic Control | 6 | 0 | 2 | ▼ receding |
| Vaccine Preventable Disease Outbreak | 6 | 1 | 4 | ▼ receding |
| Dengue Prevention | 6 | 0 | 0 | — flat |
| Fever Illness | 5 | 0 | 0 | — flat |
| Signal | News Reported | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| Disease Outbreak | 467 | ▼ receding |
| Dengue Outbreak | 89 | ▼ receding |
| Pandemic Outbreak | 72 | ▼ receding |
| Coronavirus Outbreak | 56 | ▼ receding |
| Viral Outbreak | 39 | ▼ receding |
| Covid Outbreak | 38 | ▼ receding |
| Zoonotic Disease Outbreak | 24 | ▲ rising |
| Pandemic Relief | 22 | ▼ receding |
| Infection Outbreak | 20 | ▼ receding |
| Vaccine Preventable Disease Outbreak | 15 | ▼ receding |
| Dengue Prevention | 15 | ▼ receding |
| Pandemic Prevention | 11 | ▼ receding |
disease signals drawn from local news coverage
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