LAHORE - Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department (P&SHD) Secretary Imran Sikandar Baloch Thursday said that during the last 24 hours, 35 confirmed cases of dengue had been reported across the province out of which 28 confirmed cases reported in Lahore. In a press statement issued here, he explained that three dengue cases were reported in Gujranwala, two in Sheikhupura and Rawalpindi each, and one in Muzafargarh and Pakpattan each.
He said: “So far this year, 156 deaths due to dengue fever have been reported from all over Punjab. In last 24 hours, one death has been reported all over the province.”
He said that 25,871 confirmed cases of dengue had been reported across the province, adding that 18,288 confirmed cases of dengue had been reported in Lahore. “A total of 360 patients are undergoing treatment across Punjab out of whom 282 patients are in Lahore’s hospitals while 78 patients are under treatment in other districts of Punjab.”
In the last 24 hours, 369,493 indoor locations and 83,095 outdoor locations were checked across the Punjab while larvae were destroyed from 170 locations.
In Lahore 43,069 indoor places and 7,230 outdoor locations were checked for dengue larvae and 136 positive containers were destroyed.