Dengue Surveillance Teams Eradicated 191 Indoor, 36 Outdoor Larvae Sites

News Desk

Rawalpindi:Dengue vector surveillance teams have checked 6,215 houses during the last day’s indoor vector surveillance, and larvae were detected at 191 sites, while during outdoor surveillance, larvae were found in 36 spots while inspecting 3,205 places.

The district administration, in collaboration with allied departments, had registered 4,433 FIRs, sealed 642 premises, issued tickets to 1,356, and imposed a fine of Rs 111,08,804 on violations of dengue SOPs in 2023.

District Coordinator of Epidemics Prevention and Control (DCEPC), Dr Sajjad Mehmood, said on Sunday that Rawalpindi’s dengue total tally has reached 2,535 positive cases, with the arrival of 13 more patients during the last 24 hours.

Dr Sajjad revealed that five patients have arrived from the Potohar town urban area, three from Municipal Corporation Rawalpindi, two each from Chaklala Cantonment, Potohar rural, and one from outside the district.

Presently, 44 patients are admitted to different health facilities in the district, of which 10 are confirmed cases and 2,503 were discharged after treatment, according to an informed health officer.