Islamabad: Dengue is on the rise in Islamabad Capital Territory as the cases increased to 29.
According to Dengue report, Dengue is rising at alarming rates as the cases rose to 29 in Islamabad during the current season. Eighty-three percent of the infected are male while seventeen percent are female.
Taking rural areas into account, the total number of Dengue cases are 21. However, those areas have not reported a new case in the last 24 hours.
The report mentions 1 new case of infection in the urban areas since the last 24 hours after which the total number of cases rose to 8.
Besides Islamabad, different districts have reported 3 cases. PIMS Hospital has 3 Dengue patients while Polyclinic Hospital has admitted 1.
Also, there are 3 Dengue patients under treatment in the Capital Hospital while 29 patients have been brought to the private hospitals in Islamabad. The most affected rural areas are Koral and Sohan.
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