A mysterious disease with dengue-like symptoms caused by an unknown virus has affected people in the state capital and various districts in Madhya Pradesh. Private hospitals in the state capital have put up boards stating that beds were not available for patients. Eminent doctor Yogesh Malhotra told here that he had never seen outbreak of this kind of disease in his medical career. While the cases of dengue are coming, things have become complex due to cases of the new disease, he added. Health Director Ashok Sharma said that cases related to the mysterious disease were coming constantly. Samples of a few patients had been sent to New Delhi-based National Institute for Communicable Disease. Platelet count reduces when affected by the mysterious disease much like in dengue. With only a few hospitals making platelets available for patients, difficulties of affected and doctors had increased. Dr Anil Gupta, a private nursing home director, said dengue had already created panic among people. The outbreak of new disease with dengue-like symptoms has increased the fear. He admitted that private hospitals were unable to arrange facilities related to providing treatment due to spurt in the number of patients. Dr Yogesh Malhotra said the outbreak could increase further given maximum temperature hovering around 34 degree Celsius. Recently, 2,228 people had tested positive to dengue. Of them, 31 people had died. The number of affected people had been found to be more in Bhopal and Indore.