KARACHI: At least seven people have died in Karachi due to dengue fever in the last 24 hours, the Sindh Health Department said on Monday.
Doctors say that the dengue fever, a vector-borne viral disease, is slowly turning into an epidemic as hundreds of cases are being reported across the country.
A report issued by the provincial health department said Monday that in the last 24 hours, 113 new dengue cases were reported in Sindh, out of which 107 were from Karachi.
In Karachi, the highest number of cases were recorded in District East, followed by the Central, South, and Korangi districts.
Earlier, Karachi Administrator Murtaza Wahab said in a tweet that fumigation sprays were being carried out against dengue and malaria in the District East.
Dengue cases spiked across the province after monsoon rains, with major public and private hospitals across, including the Sindh Infectious Disease Hospital (SIDHRC) and Research Centre, Dow University Hospital, Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK), National Institute of Child Health (NICH) and Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), receiving hundreds of cases daily.
