Another young woman dies of dengue fever

KARACHI: A 24-year woman Sumaira succumbed to dengue fever at a local hospital on Friday.

A Sindh health department official told APP that demise of the unfortunate woman brought the total number of dengue induced deaths in the city to 19.

A resident of Jamshed Road, Sumaira was admitted to the hospital in the hemorrhagic stage of the ailment, with high temperature and bleeding.

The total number of new cases reported to the Sindh Dengue Surveillance during past 24 hours was 15 with 57 already hospitalized in Karachi.

New cases reported from other parts of the province were five and 14 still under treatment at different hospitals.

The provincial health department since September this year has provided 910 mega-units with 846 transfused to patients in need at Karachi.

The recipients were those who were brought with dengue hemmorhagic fever to hospitals, both in private and public sector.

Meanwhile, 3893 cases referred to hospitals were found to be dengue positive, since early this year, against a total of 5760 suspected dengue cases.