4 more deaths reported in Pakistan as dengue fever cases keep rising
Three deaths were reported from the southern Sindh province while one from northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan continues to witness an increase in dengue fever cases as four more deaths were reported from the disease in the South Asian country.
Three deaths were reported from the southern Sindh province while one from northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, the provincial health departments said on Thursday.
Sindh reported 381 new infections, the provincial health department said on Thursday evening. The worst-hit area was Karachi, the provincial capital, which reported 272 new cases.
With the newly-reported dengue cases, the October figure to date for the province has risen to 4,217, bringing the total local tally to 14,371 this year.
In KP, 398 more people were diagnosed with the mosquito-borne disease, the provincial health department said on Thursday night. The number of active cases in the province currently stands at 2,557 while the total number of cases this year has reached 13,221.
The eastern Punjab province reported 295 new cases, the provincial health authorities said on Thursday. Punjab’s capital Lahore reported 127 new cases, followed by Rawalpindi city with 71 cases. The total number of dengue cases in Punjab this year has now gone up to 10,138.
The national capital Islamabad reported 92 new dengue cases, the health authorities said on Thursday night. The city’s total tally has risen to 3,515 this year.
-Xinhua
