Pindi Records Five New Dengue Infections, Tally Reaches 2,557

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Rawalpindi: As many as five more new dengue cases were reported in Rawalpindi during the last 24 hours, raising the tally of confirmed cases to 2,557 in the district.

District Coordinator Epidemics Prevention and Control (DCEPC), Dr Sajjad Mehmood, said on Tuesday that among the new cases, two had arrived from the Potohar town urban area, while one of each case was reported from the Municipal Corporation Rawalpindi, Chaklala Cantonment, and Potohar rural area.

Dr Sajjad further said that currently 54 patients were admitted to district hospitals, of which 29 were confirmed cases and 2,527 were discharged after treatment.

The DCEPC added that the district administration had registered six FIRs, issued tickets to five, and imposed a fine of Rs 322,000 against the violations of dengue SOPs during the last 24 hours.

During indoor surveillance in the last 24 hours, the teams checked 3,230 houses and found larvae in 121 homes. Similarly, he added that while checking 1,649 places, the teams found larvae at eight sites during outdoor surveillance.