At least 37 more dengue viral fever cases have been reported in Sindh province in a week, out of which 27 were detected from Karachi, taking the toll of patients to 578 in the province since January 2016.
According to the weekly report issued by Dengue Prevention and Control Programme (DPCP) Sindh, as many as 37 new dengue fever cases surfaced in Sindh province from 13th to 19th of May 2016, out of which 27 were reported from Karachi, three from Hyderabad, two each from Badin and Tharparkar, one each from Dadu, Umer Kot and Sanghar, respectively.
A total 27 new dengue fever cases were reported in Karachi last week, out of which six were reported from District Central, six from District South, seven from District West, four from District East, three from District Malir and one from District Korangi.
In 2016, a total 578 dengue fever cases were reported in Sindh province since January 2016, out of which 534 were detected from Karachi, 10 from Hyderabad, four from Sukkur, three each from Tando Muhammad Khan, Dadu and Tharparkar, two each from Thatta, Badin, Jamshoro, Mirpurkhas, Umer Kot, Sanghar, Naushero Feroz, Larkana and Shikarpur, one each from Ghotki, Khairpur and Shaheed Benazirbad.