0.1% chance of death due to chikungunya: AIIMS
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Friday said that there was a 0.1% chance of a person dying due to chikungunya. “In cases where patients tested positive for chikungunya and died, the reason for their death was not chikungunya,” doctors said. They cited other co-morbid conditions like pneumonia and influenza as the cause of the deaths.