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Pakistan sees rise in Dengue cases in Punjab, KP, Islamabad

Lahore: Dengue virus rapidly spreading in different provinces as people in large number got infected by dengue fever in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and capital, on Saturday  

GNN Web Desk
Published 3 years ago on Oct 9th 2021, 3:35 pm
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Pakistan sees rise in Dengue cases in Punjab, KP, Islamabad

According to details, 64 people in the capital were infected with the deadly dengue virus and a number of people are still admitted to Islamabad hospitals.

Punjab Health Secretary Imran Sikandar Baloch said that another 222 cases were reported from Lahore taking the tally to 2,708 and 173 patients are being treated in Lahore hospitals.

In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, another 304 cases were reported in the last 24 hours. Currently, 247 patients are being treated in the KP hospitals. So far four people lost their lives against the dengue virus in KP.