As many as 18 more dengue cases were reported in Rawalpindi during the last 24 hours, raising the tally of confirmed cases to 341.
District Coordinator Epidemics Prevention and Control (DCEPC), Dr Sajjad Mehmood, Friday said that, among the new cases, eight patients had arrived from the Potohar town urban area, five from Chaklala Cantonment, three from Potohar rural and two from Municipal Corporation area.
He said 55 patients were admitted to the City’s public hospitals, of which 26 were confirmed cases while 286 were discharged after treatment.
Dr Sajjad informed that the district administration had registered 41 FIRs, issued tickets to five, sealed five premises, and a fine of Rs 160,000 was imposed against the violations of dengue SOPs during the last 24 hours.
