October 12

Pakistan continues to witness a rise in dengue fever cases as three more deaths were reported from the disease in the South Asian country.

The northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province reported two deaths while the southern Sindh province recorded one death, the provincial health departments said on Tuesday.

In KP, 392 more people were diagnosed with the mosquito-borne disease, the provincial health department said on Tuesday night. The number of active cases in the province currently stands at 2,469 while the total number of cases this year has reached 12,460.

In the last 24 hours, Sindh reported 376 new infections, the provincial health department said on Tuesday night. The worst-hit area was Karachi, the provincial capital, which reported 277 new cases.

With the newly-reported dengue cases, the October figure to date for the province has risen to 3,521, bringing the total local tally to 13,675 this year.

The eastern Punjab province reported 325 new cases in the last 24 hours, the provincial health authorities said on Tuesday. Punjab's capital Lahore reported 132 new cases, followed by Rawalpindi city with 59 cases. The total number of dengue cases in Punjab this year has now gone up to 9,515.

The national capital Islamabad reported 101 new dengue cases in the last 24 hours, the health authorities said on Tuesday night. 

xinhua