RAWALPINDI: District Health Authority Rawalpindi has reported 83 confirmed dengue cases out of 6,349 screened patients during the running surveillance cycle, with zero recorded casualties across the district, official data released on Friday.
According to the latest brief, hospital surveillance teams screened 6,349 individuals, identifying 5,837 suspected cases. Currently, eight patients remain admitted across allied hospitals, including five confirmed dengue cases. October alone accounted for 50 confirmed patients.
To enforce vector control protocols, field teams initiated stern punitive actions against SOP violations, lodging 2,798 First Information Reports (FIRs), sealing 686 commercial and residential premises, issuing 2,331 legal challans, and imposing Rs. 31,56,000.0 in collective fines.
Vector surveillance teams, comprising 415 outdoor and 985 indoor inspection units, inspected over 5.87 million houses and 2.02 million outdoor spots, detecting dengue larvae at 241,942 sites. Field operations covered 99 percent of the 17,859 PITB-registered hotspots over the preceding week.