ISLAMABAD, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The number of dengue fever cases keeps on rising in Pakistan as another death was reported in the South Asian country.
The death was reported from the southern Sindh province, the provincial health department said on Wednesday evening.
In the last 24 hours, 307 new infections of dengue fever were reported in Sindh province, and the worst-hit area Karachi reported 189 new cases. With the newly-reported dengue cases, the October figure to date for the province has risen to 6,134, bringing the total local tally to 16,288 this year.
In the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, 362 more people were diagnosed with the disease, the provincial health department said on Wednesday night. The number of active cases in the province currently stands at 1,775 and the total number of cases this year has reached 15,316.
The eastern Punjab province reported 313 new cases in the last 24 hours, the provincial health authorities said on Wednesday. Punjab's capital Lahore reported 157 new cases, followed by Rawalpindi city with 65 cases. The total number of dengue cases in Punjab this year has now gone up to 11,808.
The national capital Islamabad reported 111 new dengue cases in the last 24 hours, the health authorities said on Wednesday night. The city's total tally has risen to 4,097 this year. ■