LAHORE:Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department (P&SHD) Secretary Imran Sikandar Baloch Friday said that during the last 24 hours, 48 confirmed cases of dengue were reported across the province, out of which 31 were reported in Lahore.
In a press statement issued here, he explained that six dengue patients were reported in Rawalpindi, three in Gujranwala, two in Sargodha and one each in Kasur, Faisalabad, Multan, Okara, Sheikhupura and Vehari.
He said that so far this year, 148 deaths were reported from dengue fever across Punjab, adding that during the last 24 hours, two deaths were reported in the province.
He said that 25,501 confirmed cases of dengue had been reported across the province while 18,110 confirmed cases of dengue had been reported from Lahore and a total of 631 patients undergoing treatment across Punjab out of which 468 patients were in Lahore hospitals, while 163 patients were under treatment in other districts of Punjab.
Imran Sikandar Baloch said that in the last 24 hours, 411,869 indoor locations and 96,925 outdoor locations were checked across the Punjab, while larvae were destroyed at 388 locations, while in Lahore 52,656 indoor places and 7,857 outdoor locations were checked for dengue larvae and 385 positive containers were destroyed.