Five more people succumbed to dengue virus on Friday while another 200 reportedly contracted the deadly fever in the province. The unofficial death toll has climbed to 318, however the Health Department reported it to be 290 in Punjab with 253 in the provincial capital.
According to reports, Nisar, 72, of Sultan Pura, Fazeelat, 55, of Shahdara, Ramazan, 80, of Sheikhupura, and Uzma, 15, of Nankana Sahib died of the dengue fever. Another person, Shahadat Ali, was the first reported dengue victim in Faisalabad. A Health Department spokesman said that 108 confirmed dengue patients had been reported during the last 24 hours thorough out the province, and 92 of them were reported in Lahore.
The total number of confirmed dengue patients reached 19,614 during the last ten months, with 16,584 of them reported in Lahore. The spokesman said that currently 927 dengue patients were under treatment in various hospitals of Punjab with 741 admitted in Lahore hospitals.
