Dengue: 4 dead, 214 new cases reported in Lahore

Official figures put the death toll at 204 in Punjab, 182 have been reported from Lahore.

LAHORE: Dengue has claimed the lives of four people in Lahore, taking the death toll in the provincial capital to 182, Express 24/7 reported on Wednesday.

A 40-year-old man died at CMH and three others passed away at Mayo Hospital.

Official figures put the death toll at 204 in Punjab, out of which 182 have been reported from Lahore.

According to unofficial figures, 211 people have died as a result of Dengue in Punjab, with 197 reported from Lahore.

Around 279 people have been diagnosed with the virus in Punjab during the last 24 hours, 214 of these cases are from Lahore.

The total number of cases reported in Punjab has crossed 15,700.

Lahore has been the most affected city with over 13,500 cases reported.

Earlier, Pakistan Muslim League-Likeminded’s (PML-L) provincial information secretary Mian Muhammad Asif had demanded a judicial inquiry, under a Supreme Court judge, into deaths in the province caused by the virus.

The Punjab government has spent Rs2.5 billion so far under the umbrella of dengue campaign but has not compensated a single casualty of the virus, Asif said, adding that the government should pay Rs500,000 to the relatives of dengue victims as compensation.