October 21

The number of dengue fever cases keeps on rising in Pakistan as another death was reported in the South Asian country.

The death was reported from the eastern Punjab province, the provincial health department said on Thursday.

Punjab reported 307 new cases in the last 24 hours. Its capital Lahore reported 119 new cases, followed by Rawalpindi city with 69 cases. The total number of dengue cases in Punjab this year has now gone up to 12,111.

In the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, 380 more people were diagnosed with the disease, the provincial health department said on Thursday night. The number of active cases in the province currently stands at 1,798 and the total number of cases this year has reached 15,696.

In the last 24 hours, 299 new infections of dengue fever were reported in the southern Sindh province, the provincial health authorities said on Thursday night.

The worst-hit area was the provincial capital Karachi, which reported 153 new cases. With the newly-reported dengue cases, the October figure to date for the province has risen to 6,432, bringing the total local tally to 16,586 this year.

The national capital Islamabad reported 98 new dengue cases in the last 24 hours, the health authorities said on Thursday night. The city's total tally has risen to 4,195 this year.

xinhua