As many as 88 more dengue cases were reported in Rawalpindi during the last 24 hours, raising the tally of confirmed cases to 2,609 in the district.
District Coordinator Epidemics Prevention and Control(DCEPC) Dr Sajjad Mehmood on Tuesday said that among the new cases, 38 patients had arrived from Potohar town urban area, 14 from Rawalpindi Cantonment, 11 from Municipal Corporation, Rawalpindi, eight from Chaklala cantonment, seven from Potohar rural, two from Taxila Cantonment, and one of each from Kahuta, Kalar Syedan and Gujar Khan.
Dr Mehmood said that 253 patients were admitted to the city's allied hospitals, including 110 to the Benazir Bhutto Hospital(BBH), 78 to the District Headquarters Hospital, and 69 to the Holy Family Hospital(HFH). He added that out of the total admitted patients, 168 tested positive, with 139 belonging to Rawalpindi.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 5th, 2022.
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