At least three more people succumbed to dengue on Saturday. Waqas Ali and Majida Bibi passed away at Services Hospital and Allah Rakhi passed away Sheikh Zayed Hospital due to the disease.
The deaths pushed the overall death toll to 277 in Lahore alone. The Punjab’s Health Department reports 19,614 people have been diagnosed with dengue, of which 17,000 belong to Lahore.
