27 more dengue fever cases reported in Karachi

KARACHI: Twenty-Seven more dengue viral fever cases were reported in Karachi on Saturday, increasing the patients' toll to 1107 this year so far, said Dr M Shakeel Aamir Mullick Focal Person for Dengue Surveillance Cell Sindh.

Shakeel Mullick said that a total of 1170 dengue fever cases have been reported in Sindh Since January 2013, out of them 1107 were detected in Karachi and 63 in rest of the province.

He said eleven dengue patients expired in Karachi this year so far. He said that 41 dengue patients were still admitted to different hospitals of the Sindh, while 12 patients were discharged from hospitals after treatment in the city.

He said 27 new cases were reported in Karachi on 14th September, out of which 16 were Out Patient Departments (OPD) cases.

He informed that 48 cases were detected in Hyderabad, two in Kambar, two in Sanghar, two in Shikarpur,two in Thatta, Two in Sukkur, one in Larkana, one in Dadu, one in Khairpur, one in Naushero Feroz, andone in Kashmore since January 2013.