Share:The provincial dengue cases in Punjab have raised alarms as Saturday witnessed 546 new infections of the mosquito-borne disease in the last 24-hour period. Provincial health secretary, Imran Sikandar Baloch, has said that yesterday 361 dengue fever cases were reported in Lahore. Yesterday the viral disease claimed four lives across Punjab increasing the death toll by dengue fever in this season to 29. Punjab has so far reported 9,491 dengue hemorrhagic fever cases in the current season. Presently 2,286 dengue patients have been admitted in hospitals across the province, health secretary said.

Source: The Nation October 23, 2021 22:42 UTC