127 new dengue cases reported in Punjab.

LAHORE -- The Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department (P and SHD) Secretary Irshad Ahmad said that 127 new dengue cases were reported in Punjab during the last 24 hours.

In a statement issued here on Tuesday, he said that 51 dengue cases were reported in Lahore, 19 in Rawalpindi, 15 in Multan, 9 in Gujranwala, 6 in Faisalabad, 5 in Sheikhupura, 4 in Kasur, 3 each in Lodhran and Khanewal, 2 each in Sialkot, Okara, Nankana Sahib, Sahiwal, and Rahim Yar Khan, 1 each in Mianwali and Narowal, during the last 24 hours.

He said that a total of 17,465 dengue virus cases had been reported so far during the current year .

He said that no death was reported during the last 24 hours, whereas 38 people died of the virus in the current year...