Dengue fever: Over 2,600 test positive in Rawalpindi

Dengue fever claims another life at BBH

RAWALPINDI: The dengue fever outbreak is continuously hitting population in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi and no decline in number of patients being tested positive here at the three teaching hospitals in town has been observed so far despite a significant fall in temperature.

The infection has claimed another life here at Benazir Bhutto Hospital taking the total number of deaths due to dengue fever this year at the allied hospitals to seven.

Data collected by ‘The News’ on Tuesday has revealed that in last six days, the allied hospitals have tested another 405 patients positive for dengue fever taking total number of confirmed patients of the infection so far reported at the allied hospitals to 2601.

In last 24 hours, the allied hospitals have tested as many as 80 patients positive for dengue fever and it hints that the outbreak has continued to hit population in this region of the country.

According to details, Holy Family Hospital tested 43 patients positive for dengue fever in last 24 hours, while Benazir Bhutto Hospital tested another 35 patients positive for the infection in last two days. The District Headquarters Hospital, however, tested only two patients positive for dengue fever in last 24 hours.

It is important to mention here that well over 65 per cent of the total patients undergoing treatment at the allied hospitals in town belongs to the federal capital as on Tuesday morning, a total of 186 confirmed patients were undergoing treatment at the allied hospitals of which 58 belong to Rawalpindi while 133 are residents of Islamabad. To date, a total of 1,335 patients have been confirmed positive for dengue fever through NS1 test at the HFH so far this year, while a total of 153 patients including 134 confirmed patients of the infection were undergoing treatment at the HFH on Tuesday. The BBH this year has so far tested a total of 1,072 patients positive for dengue fever, while on Tuesday as many as 137 patients including 82 confirmed ones were undergoing treatment at the hospital. On Tuesday, the BBH was waiting for results of another 37 probable cases.

The DHQ Hospital has so far confirmed 194 patients of dengue fever, while on Tuesday, a total of 16 patients, all confirmed positive for dengue fever, were undergoing treatment at the DHQ Hospital.