As number of dengue cases rose to 1370, Delhi Government today asked citizens not to panic and said there was no shortage of platelets in any of its designated hospitals offering treatment to the people affected by the vector-borne disease.

Health minister Kiran Walia said the city government was prepared to treat any number of dengue affected patients as adequate infrastructures have been put in place in all the major hospitals.

The capital reported a fresh dengue death and 75 new cases today, taking the total number of patients to 1370.

"There is no shortage of platelets in any of the Delhi Government hospitals. All the major hospitals have enough quantity of platelets," Walia said when asked about reports of shortage of platelets in many city hospitals including in AIIMS.

Dengue affected patients need transfusion of additional platelets as their platelet count in blood go down depending on severity of the disease.

She said new machines have been bought by several hospitals to segregate platelets from blood.

"We have installed new machines in Malvya Nagar hospital, Deen Dayal Upadhaya hospital, Rao Tula Ram hospital, Lok Nayak hospital, Guru Teg Bahadur hospital, Ambedkar hospital and Lal Bahadur Shastri hospital," she said.

Walia, who visited Games village and many other areas to inspect the drive to kill mosquitoes and their larvae, said no Delhi government hospital has sent back any patient without offering treatment.

Noting that there was no need to panic as the dengue strain in circulation was not virulent, Walia said cleaning drive has also been launched in various hospitals also to ensure that mosquito breeding sites are destroyed.

Asked about spread of the disease at a time when Commonwealth Games are just 26 days away, she said "all necessary efforts are being taken to contain the disease."