As many as 128 more dengue fever cases have emerged in Karachi this week, taking the reported cases toll to 1,331 since 1st January 2018.
According to the weekly report issued by Prevention and Control Program for Dengue in Sindh, at least 137 new dengue fever cases surfaced across the Sindh province in a week out of which 128 were in Karachi and nine in other districts.
In November, a total of 222 dengue positive cases were detected in Sindh out of which 210 happened in Karachi and 12 in other districts of the province.
District East, South, West and Central are most affected districts in Karachi division while dengue cases are also bein reported from Hyderabad, Larkana, Sukkur and Ghotki.
This year, a total of 1,410 dengue cases emerged across the province out of which 1,331 were Karachi and 79 in the rest of province.
Two deaths were also reported from dengue fever in Karachi city this year.