Pindi Reports 44 New Dengue Cases In Single Day

News Desk

Rawalpindi: As many as 44 new dengue cases were reported in Rawalpindi during the last 24 hours, raising the number of confirmed cases to 720 in the district.

Among the new cases, 31 had arrived from Potohar town urban, nine from Municipal Corporation Rawalpindi and four from Chaklala Cantonment area, informed District Coordinator Epidemics Prevention and Control (DCEPC) Dr Sajjad Mehmood on Tuesday.

Dr Mehmood said that 120 patients were admitted to district hospitals, of which 96 were confirmed cases, while 624 positive patients were discharged after treatment.

The district coordinator added that district health facilities have allocated 194 beds to accommodate the influx of dengue patients, while 12 patients are in critical condition.

During indoor surveillance in the previous 24 hours, the teams checked 18,234 houses and found larvae in 1,179 homes. Similarly, Dr. Mehmood added that while checking 6,062 places, the teams found larvae at 202 sites during outdoor surveillance.

Sajjad informed that the district administration had registered 50 FIRs, issued tickets to eight, sealed three premises, and imposed a fine of Rs 45,500 against the violations of dengue SOPs during the last 24 hours to control the spread of dengue.

The health officer assured that disease prevention is the government’s priority, and the district health administration worked day and night to prevent the possible outbreak. Agencies/APP