ISLAMABAD: At least 14,015 cases of dengue have been confirmed in Pakistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan’s special assistant on national health services, regulations, and coordination, Dr Zafar Mirza, said Friday, indicating that the federal capital recorded the highest number in the past 24 hours.
Addressing a press conference, Dr Mirza said 790 cases in total were reported in the last 24 hours, with 209 from Punjab, 216 in Islamabad, 120 in Sindh, 169 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and four from Balochistan.
The special assistant said the data showed that in the past 24 hours, the maximum number of cases have been reported in twin cities. Of those, 381 cases were reported in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, with a ratio of 48 percent sustaining status of being the hottest spots at the moment.
Dr Mirza said 26 deaths have been confirmed so far from dengue disease throughout Pakistan but clarified that no death was reported in the last 24 hours.
According to Dengue Response Unit, 42 more patients have been diagnosed with the dengue fever in Peshawar [total numbers: 1,766], 43 in Shangla [total numbers: 172] and 6 in Swat [total numbers: 188]. 3,298 persons have been tested positive for the disease in the province in total.
Condition in Punjab is also critical as 160 people were affected by the dengue fever in the past 24 hours in Rawalpindi. The number of sufferers has surged to 5,235 in the district and 16 persons have lost their lives.
Eight more patients suffered from the disease in Lahore where the total number has risen to 93. The dengue outbreak affected four persons in Faisalabad where 73 individuals have been reported so far.
Reportedly, 18 patients are undergoing treatment at Faisalabad’s Allied Hospital and two of them are in critical condition.