Over 90,000 people treated for infections, water-borne diseases in single day in Sindh as floods toll mounts.

DADU -- The death toll from catastrophic floods crossed 1,500 on Friday as thousands of displaced citizens in Sindh - where floodwaters and hill torrents have converged after wreaking havoc elsewhere in the country - were treated from infectious and water-borne diseases.

In a report issued on Friday, the Sindh Directorate General Health Services said 92,797 citizens were treated on September 15 (Thursday). Of these, 588 were confirmed to have malaria with another 10,604 cases.

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The report said that 17,977 cases of diarrhoea and 20,064 skin disease cases were reported on Thursday, alongside 28 cases of dengue. A total of 2.3 million patients have been treated since July 1 in the field and mobile hospitals set up in the flooded region.

Further, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said 22 flood-related deaths were...