KARACHI (HRNW) Dengue viral fever has claimed two more lives in Karachi city in 24 hours, taking the death toll from this mosquito-borne disease to 33 since Jan 01, 2022.
The Vector-Borne Diseases (VBD) Department of Directorate General Health Services Sindh confirmed that a total 33 people lost their lives due to the dengue related complications in Karachi so far out of which 15 were reported in Karachi Central, 10 in Karachi East, three in Karachi South, two in Malir and one each in Korangi, Karachi West and Hyderabad.
At least 335 more dengue cases surfaced across the Sindh province in the last 24 hours out of which 257 were registered in the Karachi division alone.
The Vector-Borne Diseases (VBD) Department has recorded 7,532 dengue cases throughout the province out of them 6,525 were registered in Karachi from January 01 to September 23, 2022.
Similarly, 4,963 dengue fever cases were detected in September so far out of which 4,318 were recorded in the Karachi division.
The majority of cases were reported in Karachi East 2,446 this year so far followed by Karachi Central 1,425, Karachi South 1,074, Korangi 843, Malir 346, and Hyderabad 411.