LAHORE/PESHAWAR: One more patient died of dengue fever at a local hospital in Rawalpindi, Geo News reported. It was second death from dengue virus in Punjab. While the total number of dengue affected people has jumped to 6,687 in the province.
Health Department said Asif, 23, resident of Rawal Town, breathed his last at Holly Family Hospital where, he was being treated.
Similarly, the 9,000 people were diagnosed positive for the deadly disease in Swat and Shangla districts of Khyber Pakhunkhawa as 31 and 21 more people fell prey to dangerous mosquito.