The dengue cases tally has reached 11,587 during the current year so far, with the arrival of 232 more patients during the last 24 hours. Secretary of Punjab Health Department, Ali Jan Khan said that 232 fresh cases of dengue were detected in the last 24 hours in Punjab, taking the tally to 11,587.
The secretary further said out of 232 cases, 139 were reported in Lahore. Dengue virus 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. On the other hand in Rawalpindi’s dengue total tally had reached 2,535 positive cases with the arrival of 13 more patients during the last 24 hours.
District Coordinator Epidemics Prevention and Control (DCEPC), Dr Sajjad Mehmood on Sunday said that five patients had arrived from the Potohar town urban area, three from Municipal Corporation Rawalpindi and two of each from Chaklala Cantonment, Potohar rural and one from outside the district. He informed that 2,503 confirmed patients had been discharged after recovery while 44 patients were admitted to the district’s health facilities of which 10 were positive cases.
Giving details of the penalty actions, the health officer said that the district administration, in collaboration with allied departments, had registered 4,433 FIRs, sealed 642 premises, issued tickets to 1,356 and a fine of Rs 111,08,804 was imposed on violations of dengue SOPs in 2023.
During the last day’s indoor vector surveillance, the teams checked 6,215 houses and larvae were detected at 191 sites while during outdoor surveillance larvae were found at 36 spots while inspecting 3,205 places. District Coordinator Epidemics Prevention and Control (DCEPC),
