Deadly virus: Another patient falls victim to dengue

Death takes total death toll in Sindh to 28 this year.

KARACHI: One more person has died in Karachi from dengue fever, taking the total death toll in Sindh to 28 this year. A 16-year-old boy, resident of Orangi Town, who was admitted to a private hospital on November 15, died on November 20. The Sindh Dengue Surveillance Cell was informed about the casualty on Thursday. According to the provincial cell’s report, the total number of patients affected by the virus has reached 5,760, with 4,135 in Karachi only.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 22^nd, 2013.