Bureau Report
LAHORE: Provincial health authorities on Wednesday reported five more cases of dengue fever in Punjab in 24 hours. “Four dengue fever patients were reported in Lahore and one from Sargodha,” according to a spokesperson of the Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department Punjab.
The tally of confirmed dengue fever cases in Punjab has now reached to 190 this year since January 2020, spokesperson said. He stated that no deaths have been reported in the ongoing year due to the dengue virus, adding that most of dengue patients have recovered to health.
Earlier in August, as many as 533 suspected patients of dengue were reported in Punjab in a single day. The patients were declared healthy after tests and were allowed to leave for their homes.
