Islamabad reports 40 dengue cases in a day

ISLAMABAD: The federal capital has registered 40 new dengue fever cases during the past 24 hours, confirmed the district health officer (DHO).

In the last 24 hours, 40 patients with dengue fever were reported in rural and urban areas of the federal capital territory. According to the district health officer (DHO), 18 cases were reported from rural areas and 22 from urban areas.

Nineteen people have died of the mosquito-borne disease in the current season so far. A total of 4,404 dengue fever have been reported in the federal capital.

READ: DENGUE: SYMPTOMS, TREATMENT AND ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW

Yesterday, the number of dengue fever cases had started to drop down in Punjab as the province reported 103 new cases of mosquito-borne viral infection.

According to the secretary of primary and secondary health Punjab, the province reported 21,507 dengue fever cases so far, out of which 15,732 were reported in Lahore only. Moreover, 93 people have lost their lives fighting a viral infection.

Secretary Specialised Health Care Dr Ahmed Javed had said that the ratio of dengue cases is dropping down in Lahore and added that 1,257 beds dedicated for dengue fever patients at the government hospitals of Lahore are vacant.

READ: DRAP INTERVENES AMID PARACETAMOL SHORTAGE OWING TO RISING DENGUE CASES

While out of 1,061 beds reserved for dengue patients at the private hospitals of Lahore, 535 are vacant.

Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease that has rapidly spread in recent years around the world.

Dengue virus is transmitted by female mosquitoes mainly of the species Aedes aegypti and, to a lesser extent, Ae. albopictus.

These mosquitoes are also vectors of chikungunya, yellow fever and Zika viruses. Dengue is widespread throughout the tropics, with local variations in risk influenced by rainfall, temperature, relative humidity and unplanned rapid urbanization.