95 more dengue cases reported in a day.

RAWALPINDI -- The dengue fever cases were constantly rising, and Rawalpindi has registered 95 more dengue cases during the last 24 hours, the maximum single-day rise this year.

District Coordinator Epidemics Prevention and Control (DCEPC), Dr Sajjad Mehmood, Thursday said that the number of dengue fever patients at district health facilities was uninterruptedly growing while the district government, along with district health authority and others had made arrangements to control the situation.

During the last 24 hours, he said that 95 patients had tested positive for the fatal disease, increasing the tally to 1579.

Among the new cases, he added that 48 cases had arrived from Potohar town Urban area, 17 from Rawalpindi Cantonment, nine from Municipal Corporation, Rawalpindi, eight from Chaklala Cantonment, four from Potohar rural, two from Taxila Cantonment, and Kahutta...