100 more dengue cases reported across city.

RAWALPINDI -- As many as 100 more patients tested positive for the dengue virus in the Rawalpindi district during the last 24 hours, raising the tally of confirmed cases to 2,148.

District Coordinator Epidemics Prevention and Control(DCEPC) Dr Sajjad Mehmood on Thursday said that among the new cases, 49 patients had arrived from Pothohar Town urban area; 20 from Rawalpindi Cantonment;13 from Municipal Corporation Rawalpindi 12 from Chaklala Cantonment; four from Potohar rural three from Taxila Cantonment; two each from Gujjar Khan and Murree and one from Kahutta.

Dr Sajjad added that 278 patients were admitted to the city's allied hospitals, including 114 to the Benazir Bhutto Hospital(BBH), 92 to the District Headquarters Hospital and 72...