Islamabad witnesses spike in dengue cases  

Islamabad has been facing a continuous rise in dengue fever cases with more 102 patients reported during the past 24 hours.

In Rawalpindi, 72 dengue fever patients were admitted to different hospitals of the city in the past 24 hours. 

Meanwhile, the concerned authorities is taking special measures at dengue hotspots across the country to curb the augmenting wave of the disease.

So far 820 residual spray and 135 fogging actions were carried out in different parts of capital city to counter the spread of the disease and wipe out the potential breeding sites of the mosquito larvae.

According to the authorities, the total tally of dengue fever cases this year has surged to 3,597 in the capital city with 57 cases from rural areas and 45 from urban areas.