ISLAMABAD, Oct 18 (NNN-APP) – The number of dengue fever cases kept growing in Pakistan, amid an outbreak due to floods, triggered by heavy monsoon rains.
The southern Sindh province reported 295 new infections, said the provincial health department, last night. The worst-hit area was Karachi, the provincial capital, which reported 209 new cases. With the newly reported dengue cases, the Oct figure to date for the province has risen to 5,513, bringing the local total to 15,667, this year.
In the last 24 hours, 221 more people were diagnosed with the mosquito-borne disease, in the north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the provincial health department reported, last night. The number of active cases in the province currently stands at 1,874, and the total number of cases this year has reached 14,521.
The eastern Punjab province reported 159 new cases in the last 24 hours, the provincial health authorities said yesterday. Punjab’s capital, Lahore, reported 50 new cases, followed by its Gujranwala city with 38 cases. The total number of dengue cases in Punjab this year has now gone up to 11,245.
The national capital, Islamabad, reported 50 new cases in the last 24 hours, the health authorities said last night. The city’s total tally has risen to 3,864 this year.– NNN-APP
