Dengue Tally Reaches 1,955 Cases In Pindi

News Desk

Rawalpindi: Rawalpindi’s dengue total tally has reached 1,955 positive cases, with the arrival of 19 more patients during the last 24 hours.

District Coordinator of Epidemics Prevention and Control (DCEPC) Dr Sajjad Mehmood said on Monday that 14 cases have arrived from Potohar town urban area, two each from Kahutta and Municipal Corporation Rawalpindi, and one from Chaklala Cantonment area.

Presently, 105 patients are admitted to district hospitals, of which 72 are confirmed cases, and 1,882 were discharged after treatment, informed Dr Mehmood.

During indoor surveillance in the last 24 hours, the teams checked 9,021 houses and found larvae in 320 homes. While checking 2,780 places, the teams found larvae at 76 sites during outdoor surveillance, revealed Sajjad.

During the last three weeks, 20 to 25 patients were brought daily to the allied hospitals.

The district coordinator stated that the district administration had registered 29 FIRs, issued tickets to five, sealed two premises, and imposed a fine of Rs 55,000 against the violations of dengue SOPs during the last 24 hours.

The health officer expressed hope that dengue fever patients would decrease with changing weather conditions in the coming days.