PESHAWAR
As many as 279 new dengue cases were reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the last 24 hours, the official of the Health Department, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa told media men here on Saturday.
The number of dengue patients in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has now reached 19720 wherein 13 more dengue patients have been admitted in different hospitals of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the number has increased to 53, the official informed.
He said, the highest number of 142 new dengue cases have been reported in Peshawar and with this the number has become 8141. He disclosed that 24 cases of dengue have been reported in Mardan wherein the number has become 3807, 31 cases of dengue reported in Haripur which increased the number of dengue cases in Haripur 1030, 17 dengue cases were reported from Khyber, 12 from Bannu, 14 from Dera Ismail Khan, 11 from Kohat, 17 from Malakand.
He said, so far the dengue virus has claimed 15 lives in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and currently, the number of active cases in the province is 1,587.
