At least 29 more dengue viral fever cases were detected in the city in a week increasing the number of reported cases to 631 in 2015.
As per weekly report issued by Dengue Prevention and Control Programme Sindh, 29 more dengue fever cases were reported from the city in 27th week taking the total number of cases to 631 since January 1, 2015.
The report stated that a total 655 dengue fever cases had been reported in Sindh province since January 2015, out of them 631 were detected in Karachi, while the rest from other parts of Sindh. Three people have died of dengue fever in the city this year so far. Twenty six dengue fever cases were reported from Balochistan province so far.