Pindi Grapples with 2500 Dengue Infections

News Desk

Rawalpindi: With the arrival of 12 more cases during the last 24 hours, the district’s total tally has reached 2,550 confirmed cases.

District Coordinator Epidemics Prevention and Control (DCEPC) Dr Sajjad Mehmood said that 49 patients are admitted to different district health facilities, of which 36 are confirmed cases and 2,513 were discharged after treatment.

The District Health Authority (DHA), in collaboration with allied departments, has fined Rs 423,000, issued tickets to three, and lodged five FIRs on violations of anti-dengue SOPs during the last 24 hours.

The health department detected larvae at 73 sites during indoor surveillance, while larvae are found at 13 places during outdoor surveillance in the last 24 hours.