A teenage boy breathed his last at a private hospital in Karachi on Saturday due to the dengue virus, raising the dengue death toll to 14 in the metropolitan.
Sindh Dengue Surveillance Cell Provincial Focal Person/Civil Hospital Karachi Additional Medical Superintendent (General) Dr M Shakeel Aamir Mullick informed the media through a statement that on November 1, 17-year-old Hamza Hayat – resident of Block 40, Cement Lane, Keamari Town – was taken to a private hospital where he was confirmed dengue positive, and on Saturday, breathed his last.