31 more dengue cases emerge in city

As many as 31 more dengue fever cases have been reported from Karachi in a week, taking the patients’ toll to 302 in the city since January 1, 2016.

As per weekly report issued by Dengue Prevention and Control Programme Sindh, at least 32 new dengue fever cases were detected from Sindh province, out of which 31 were reported from Karachi and one from Sanghar since March 11, 2016.

A total of 317 dengue fever cases were reported in Sindh province since January 1, 2016, out of which 302 were detected from Karachi, five from Hyderabad, two from Sukkur, one each from Tando Muhammad Khan, Jamshoro, Mirpurkhas, Sanghar, Ghotki, Thatta, Shikarpur and Shaheed Benazirbad. No death from dengue fever was reported this year so far.