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- Vector-borne illness has claimed one life in Karachi.
- 1,022 of this 12 months’s circumstances have been detected in Karachi.
- Highest variety of dengue circumstances reported from district East.
KARACHI: About 135% improve in dengue circumstances has been witnessed in Sindh in seven months this 12 months as in comparison with 2023.
In a report launched on Friday, the Sindh Health Department mentioned 1,167 circumstances of dengue fever have been reported in Sindh to this point this 12 months and 1,022 of them have been detected in Karachi solely.
The particulars shared by the well being division mentions that 1,034 circumstances of dengue have been reported in Sindh in first seven months of 2024 whereas 440 circumstances of dengue have been reported throughout this a lot time final 12 months.
Giving particulars of this 12 months’s circumstances, the division mentioned 83 dengue circumstances have been reported from Hyderabad, 34 from Mirpurkhas and 12 from Sukkur.
“This 12 months, eight circumstances of dengue have been reported in Larkana and Shaheed Benazirabad apiece,” reported the SHD.
In Karachi, the very best variety of dengue circumstances, 329, was reported from district East, 241 circumstances have been reported from district Central, 197 from district South and 86 from district Korangi, the well being division mentioned.
The provincial well being division mentioned 66 dengue circumstances have been reported in Keamari, 60 in district West and 43 in district Malir.
The vector-borne illness has claimed one life as effectively in Karachi this 12 months.
