LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: As many as 73 new cases of dengue virus were reported in the federal capital while 276 new cases of dengue virus were reported in Punjab during the last 24 hours.
According to health department sources, a total of 7039 cases of dengue virus have so far been reported during the current year while 9 people died of virus and 1061 patients are under treatment in different hospitals of the province.
The Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare department reported 119 cases of dengue in Lahore, 69 in Rawalpindi, 36 in Gujranwala, 11 in Multan, 5 in Faisalabad, 5 in Okara, 4 in Sargodha, 4 in Sheikhupura, 3 in Vehari, 2 in Gujrat, 2 in Sialkot, 2 in Attock, 2 in Bahawalpur, 2 in Jhelum, 2 in Mandi Bahaudin, 2 in Jhang, 01 in Sahiwal, 01 in Hafizabad, 01 in Dera Ghazi Khan,
01 in Chakwal, 01 in Toba Tek Singh and 01 cases of dengue in Rahimyar Khan during the last 24 hours.
All suspected cases of dengue have been kept in surveillance and their tests are being conducted.
The anti-dengue squad destroyed dengue larvae at 2826 places in the province during continuous daily based surveillance.
The anti-dengue squad conducted surveillance at 419,933 indoor and 103,097 outdoor places to detect dengue larvae during the last 24 hours.
The P&SHD urged the people to adopt precautionary measures and keep their environment clean and dry to protect themselves from dengue.
Meanwhile, the federal capital has reported 73 more dengue cases during the past 24 hours taking the total tally of cases to 2,508 in the current season, said District Health Officer (DHO) Islamabad.
According to the statistics provided by the DHO Islamabad, 30 of the total 73 cases were reported in rural areas of the capital while the rest 43 were reported from urban premises.
The total number of dengue cases has gone up to 2,508 cases while six people have lost their lives to the viral disease in the current year.
The DHO further said 13 patients were admitted to the PIMS hospital Islamabad in the last 24 hours, six to the Federal General Hospital, and five to the Holy Family Hospital.
While another 47 cases were reported in private laboratories
