As many as six more people succumbed to the deadly dengue virus in the provincial capital here on Friday.
According to details, three people died in Services Hospital and one person each in Ganga Ram Hospital, CMH and Mayo hospital.
In Services Hospital, a 25-year-old resident of Gaja Pir Shafique, 50-year-old Nasir Bakhsh of Ichhra and 30-year-old Saba Zafar of Gulshan-e Ravi passed away. All of them were shifted to the hospital last day.
Meanwhile, 60-year-old Abdul Ghafoor of Raj Garh, who was under treatment in Ganga Ram Hospital for the last two days, succumbed to the deadly virus. Also, 55-year-old Kaneez Fatima of Fateh Garh was being treated in CMH for last four days, and 65-year-old Zainab of Misri Shah, who was under treatment in Mayo Hospital, passed away.
The deadly virus has so far claimed 227 lives in Punjab, out of which 207 patients belonged to Lahore.