LAHORE: Another patient fell victim to dengue virus on Thursday, mounting the total death toll to 306 in the city.Today 43-year-old Zahid Bashir resident of Tajpura who was under treatment in a special dengue ward of the Jinnah Hospital lost his weeklong battle against dengue fever.
According to Health Department only 23 persons with positive dengue symptoms in their blood reports were reported in Punjab during last 24 hours, out of them 10 are from Lahore. The total number of dengue patients in the Punjab has risen to 3678, out of them, 2498 belong to Lahore.
Meanwhile, Secretary Health Punjab Jehanzeb Khan told a local news agency that with the turn of weather there was an appreciable decrease in the dengue patients across the province. He hoped that the situation would be more under control as the temperature falls in days to come.
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