68 more dengue cases surface in 24 hours

Dr Mehmood says 205 patients were admitted to the city's allied hospitals

RAWALPINDI:

As many as four patients died of dengue virus while the number of confirmed cases reached 3,848 in the Rawalpindi district, said District Coordinator of Epidemics Prevention and Control (DCEPC) Dr Sajjad Mehmood on Thursday.

The health officer said that patients who died this year, one each belonging to the Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB), Potohar town and Chaklala Cantonment area. Around 68 new patients were reported in the district during the last 24 hours, including 22 from Potohar town urban area, nine from Rawalpindi Cantonment, eight from Municipal Corporation, Rawalpindi, six from Chaklala Cantonment, three from Kahuta, while one each case arrived from Taxila city, Murree and Taxila Cantonment area.

Dr Mehmood said that 205 patients were admitted to the city's allied hospitals, including 80 to the Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH), 68 to the District Headquarters Hospital (DHQ) and 57 to the Holy Family Hospital (HFH). Out of the total admitted patients, 142 tested positive, with 99 belonging to Rawalpindi, he said, adding that three patients were in a critical condition at BBH.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, October 21^st, 2022.