LAHORE: The death toll from dengue virus in Lahore reached 107 after five more die of disease.
According
to details, an on duty nurse, Asma, of General Hospital was shifted to
Emergency Ward when her condition deteriorated where she succumbed to
illness.
A constable of Lytton Road Police Station, Fiaz also
died today at the General Hospital. The two others who died of dengue
today included 70-year-old Gulzar Bibi and 26-year-old Arshad.
The
death toll from dengue virus in Punjab has climbed to 116 while in
Lahore alone 107 people have lost their life to dengue. The number of
dengue patients in the province has reached 10,054 out of which more
than 90,000 belong to Lahore.
Meanwhile, the number of dengue
patients is increasing in Faisalabad and 38 new cases were reported in
different hospitals of the city taking the number of dengue patients to
660. Online
